3B Questioning and Discussion Techniques

Use this module to earn clock hours when going on a learning walk to explore questioning and discussion techniques.

Learn about and apply the Three Big Questions that will drive students to read science texts with purpose and a meaning-making stance.

What systems encourage students to have academic conversations and how do those conversations impact learning?

Explore the importance of collaborative conversations in enhancing learning.

In the era without stem questions, learn where you can start when writing your own questions that push students back into the text to closely read.

Explore ways different instructors engage and empower students through the questions they ask. 

How do we teach students to generate their own higher level questions, specifically about texts they read? 

Explore the types of questions that engage students and encourage student-to-student discourse.

Would you like to help students engage with images around them (whether artwork, political cartoons or illustrations) while also having a productive conversation? Explore the Visual Thinking Strategy.

Explore the concept of Depth of Knowledge (DOK) and how it relates to the questions we need to be asking our students to prepare them for the level of rigor expected.

Use the standards to write questions that help students dig deep into a complex text.