Discussion Questions
Question techniques can enhance instruction in several ways. Quality and engaging discussions in the classroom lead students through a process of thinking about a topic more deeply. Different types of questions lead to different thought processes and in the end different responses. Generating the appropriate questions for class discussion can be stimulating and ultimately lead to the chosen learning outcome.
Chapter Fourteen in Teaching at Its Best discusses the different typologies of good discussion questions. Choose one of these questioning types and explain the purpose and in what context it may be used. Then, generate a general question of this type that can be answered by your peers.
-APA format
-References stated at end of answer, you do not have to provide an entire reference page ( At least 2 scholarly sources with 1 being the course text)
-No specific page length, however answer provide at least 3/4 a page
Part 2: (This could be answered in a paragraph) **This needs to be answered after the references are made in Part 1
Meta-Reflection
Hi class. I find it very interesting anytime the course content overlaps with our online educational model. In this instance, as you respond to one another, I hope you'll also think about how we're working with almost all of the question typologies in our Discussion prompts from week to week.
Additionally, as the instructor, when I respond to student posts, the online model and the preparation process for online instructors always recommends for open-ended questions in every single response.
Now, don't get me wrong: I believe that open-ended questions are excellent, and I like to use them a lot. But I also can't help but recognize that the utility begins to diminish when students are confronted with an open-ended question in discussion after discussion after discussion.
How do you feel about these models, as students on the other side of the computer?