Questioning


 * __Levels of Questioning__**

The [|Question Matrix] was designed by **Chuck Weiderhold** in 1991. It contains 36 question starters asking what, where, when, which, who, why and how. Proceeding through the matrix, the questions become more complex and open-ended.

The Question Matrix can be used:
 * to help students create their own questions about a specific topic and to encourage in-depth thinking
 * as question starters for teachers to elicit further information about a student’s knowledge and understanding of a topic
 * to formulate questions for a particular purpose eg organising a camp

NB: Red headings indicate the contexts that these question starters are generally used. You may also like this idea adapted from the matrix called [|Question Cue Cards]
 * =  ||= **  Event  ** ||= **  Situation  ** ||= **  Choice  ** ||= **  Person  ** ||= **  Reason  ** ||= **  Means  ** ||
 * = ** Present **  ||=  **What is?**  ||=  **Where / When is?**  ||=  **Which did?**  ||=  **Who is?**  ||=  **Why is?**  ||=  **How is?**  ||
 * =   **Past**    ||=  **What did?**  ||=  **Where / When did?**  ||=  **Which did?**  ||=  **Who did?**  ||=  **Why did?**  ||=  **How did?**  ||
 * =  ** Possibility **   ||=  **What can?**  ||=  **Where / When can?**  ||=  **Which can?**  ||=  **Who can?**  ||=  **Why can?**  ||=  **How can?**  ||
 * =  ** Probability **   ||=  ** What would? **  ||=  ** Where / When would? **  ||=  ** Which would? **  ||=  ** Who would? **  ||=  ** Why would? **  ||=  ** How would? **  ||
 * = ** Prediction **  ||=  **What will?**  ||=  **Where / When will?**  ||=  **Which will?**  ||=  **Who will?**  ||=  **Why will?**  ||=  **How will?**  ||
 * =  ** Imagination **   ||=  **What might?**  ||=  **Where / When might?**  ||=  **Which might?**  ||=  **Who might?**  ||=  **Why might?**  ||=  **How might?**  ||

[|Other Tools and Strategies]

** __Website Links that relate to Questioning__  ** A common example used by **Dr. Chuck Weiderhold** that is based on the application of Bloom’s Taxonomy http://xnet.rrc.mb.ca/glenh/hots.htm || http://question-skills.wikispaces.com/Base-line+Questioning+Assessment Base-line Questioning Assessment A new look at questioning and how to assess questioning skills. This process that has been used across a range of schools to obtain school-wide data on children's assessment skills. ** Trevor Bond - QuEST ** || [|http://www.questionize.com] Got a question? ANY question what so ever? Ask it at Questionize.com and tap into the knowledge of other visitors. || http://www.iun.edu/~edujal/e343/m201/questioning.html Questioning is critical to the teaching-learning process. When working with young children, ask lots of questions. Not sure what to ask? Try these for starters ... || http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/KSD/IT/TSC/rethink_report/questions.htm Answers to essential questions cannot be copied and pasted from the Internet. Get an understanding of what an essential question is or should be | Look at some sample essential questions | Use the Question Brainstormer to generate essential questions | Good Question Cubes | || http://www.oir.uiuc.edu/Did/docs/questioning.htm Effective Classroom Questioning Levels and Types of Questions | Bloom's Taxonomy | Planning Questions | Interaction Skills | Methods for Assessing Questioning Skills | Student Evaluation of Questioning Skills | || http://questioning.org/ The Question Mark - An educational magazine devoted to questioning, good intelligence, strategic reading and quality teaching. Pedagogy does matter! || http://www.fno.org/oct97/question.html The Question is the Answer Creating Research Programs for An Age of Information Which Questions Matter? This is a Questioning Toolkit by ** Jamie McKenzie ** || http://mrkash.com/costa.html Being able to recognize different levels of **questions** is beneficial for all - ** Art Costa ** ||
 * **HOTs - Higher Order Thinking Skills**
 * **Base-line Questioning Assessment**
 * **Questionize.com - Ask any question!**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">**Questioning in the Classroom**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">**Essential Questions**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">**Effective Classroom Questioning**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">**The Question Mark**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">**The Question is the Answer**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">**Costa's Level of Inquiry**