Session 2: Facilitating a Responsive Discussion for Students to Ask and Answer Questions

Theme: The Art of the Engaging, Responsive Lecture

Session 2: Facilitating a Responsive Discussion for Students to Ask and Answer Questions

Wed, Sept. 25, 2024

11:30 – 1:00 

Room 182, Armory Building 

You include questions in your teaching as an opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge. But ….

• You ask a question and you’re met with silence? 
• Or do the same students always eagerly raise their hands to answer?  
• Or perhaps students don’t know how to answer questions that require higher level thinking? 

We all know the importance of incorporating questions in our teaching. Questions serve to motivate students, to assess student understanding, and to engage them in a thought-provoking discussion. Effective questioning skills require us to plan carefully not only the type of questions, but also the timing and sequencing.  Come join this session to learn about not only on how to create an effective question, but also how to encourage students to participate.    

This workshop counts towards the Graduate Teacher Certificate, the Teacher Scholar Certificate or the Certificate in Foundations of Teaching.