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* | === Practices === | ||
* “Am I making sense?” “Does what I covered make sense?” Count to 10 to wait for students to answer. | * Note that you, as the instructor, set the tone, rules and expectations of the class at the beginning of semester | ||
* “I know there are questions so I’m just going to wait until someone asks something.” | * Provide positive verbal feedback to reinforce a classroom environment that values questions | ||
=== Activities === | |||
* Another sequence of asking is this: | * State that “questions are welcomed and valued” from the beginning of the semester | ||
** | * After answering a student's question, thank the student for asking the question. | ||
* While explaining new material, ask “Am I making sense?” or “Does what I covered make sense?”. Count to 10 to wait for students to answer. | |||
** You could also say “I know there are questions so I’m just going to wait until someone asks something.” | |||
*Another sequence of asking is this: | |||
** Invitation: Have I explained this topic well enough, or is there something I can clarify? (This makes the question the “fault of the instructor” rather than the “stupidity” of the student. | |||
** Clarification: What I hear you asking is….. | ** Clarification: What I hear you asking is….. | ||
** Confirmation: Did I answer your question? | ** Confirmation: Did I answer your question? | ||
* If only a couple students are answering, then considering shifting to a [https://www.kent.edu/ctl/think-pair-share think, pair, share activity] | |||
Latest revision as of 14:10, 11 August 2022
Climate C2.1: Promotes a classroom environment where questions are valued
Practices
- Note that you, as the instructor, set the tone, rules and expectations of the class at the beginning of semester
- Provide positive verbal feedback to reinforce a classroom environment that values questions
Activities
- State that “questions are welcomed and valued” from the beginning of the semester
- After answering a student's question, thank the student for asking the question.
- While explaining new material, ask “Am I making sense?” or “Does what I covered make sense?”. Count to 10 to wait for students to answer.
- You could also say “I know there are questions so I’m just going to wait until someone asks something.”
- Another sequence of asking is this:
- Invitation: Have I explained this topic well enough, or is there something I can clarify? (This makes the question the “fault of the instructor” rather than the “stupidity” of the student.
- Clarification: What I hear you asking is…..
- Confirmation: Did I answer your question?
- If only a couple students are answering, then considering shifting to a think, pair, share activity
