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This section features information on how to ask critical thinking questions, plus handouts you can use with readings to engage students in higher-level thinking.
How much attention do you actually pay to questions? Check out this BRIEF QUIZ from Teaching as a Subversive Activity by Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner (New York: Dell, 1969). It's a great tool to use with students, too.
Some say questioning is a science. Dennis Palmer Wolf says it's an art. Check out this link on "The Art of Questioning":
http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resources/workshops/artofquestioning.html
How to Ask Critical Thinking Questions:
Here are some handouts (in the Download Zone) that you can use with readings to engage students in higher-level thinking.
For annotation:
Focusing on characters?
Reading short stories?
Drama?
Trying to teach MAIN IDEA through a novel?
Looking for an alternative to “questions about the chapter”?
Trying to prepare students for standardized tests?
Are you a history teacher looking for ideas?
IN THE DOWNLOAD ZONE for Questioning:
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