QUESTION
TYPES OF QUESTIONS
HOW TO ASK QUESTIONS
QUESTION
QUESTION TYPES
TWO TYPES OF QUESTION,SIGN LANGUAGE
3 BASIC TYPES OF QUESTION
FIVE BASIC TYPES OF QUESTIONS
QUESTION TYPES RELATED TOPICS
10 QUESTIONTO ASK YOUR CHILD ABOUT HIS DAY AT SCHOOL
QUESTION LINKS
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SECTION 1
QUESTION
A question is a linguistic expression used to make a request for
information, or the request made using such an expression.
The information requested may be provided in the form of an answer.
Questions have developed a range of uses that go beyond the simple
eliciting of information from another party. Rhetorical questions,
for example, are used to make a point, and are not expected to be
answered. Many languages have special grammatical forms for questions
(for example, in the English sentence "Are you happy?", the inversion
of the subject you and the verb are shows it to be a question rather
than a statement).
However questions can also be asked without using these interrogative
grammatical structures – for example one may use an imperative, as in
"Tell me your name".
Question
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question
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SECTION 2
QUESTION
TYPES
Do you know what kind of questions you ask most frequently?
Research on the questions teachers ask shows that about 60 percent
require only recall of facts, 20 percent require students to think,
and 20 percent are procedural in nature.
The major types of questions fall into four categories:
Managerial:
questions which keep the classroom operations moving;
Rhetorical:
questions used to emphasize a point or to reinforce an idea
or statement;
Closed:
questions used to check retention or to focus thinking on a
particular point;
Open:
questions used to promote discussion or student interaction.
Question Types
http://www.lamission.edu/devcom/ProbingQuestions.htm
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SECTION 3
TWO TYPES OF
QUESTION
SIGN
LANGUAGE
The strong visual aspects of sign language require this book to
divide questions into two categories.
The first category is the “wh-” words:
who
what
when
where
why
which
how
Questions that use these words ask for specific information.
The second category is “yes-no” questions.
These questions can be answered with a simple yes or no.
Both of these question types need to be supported by specific facial
expressions with nonmanual behaviors. Nonmanual behaviors do not use
the hands. Instead, these behaviors use the eyes, facial expressions,
head movement, body posture, or body language. Signers use nonmanual
behaviors to show emotion, emphasize a point, make a negative
statement, and ask questions. Facial expressions are equal to vocal
intonation. When you do not apply the proper facial expressions and
nonmanual behaviors, your questions may not be interpreted correctly.
Two Types of Questions, Sign Language
http://www.netplaces.com/sign-language/questions-questions/two-types-of-questions.htm
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3 BASIC
TYPES
OF
QUESTION
There are 3 basic types of question:
1.Yes/No Questions (the answer to the question is "Yes" or "No")
2.Question Word Questions (the answer to the question is "Information")
3.Choice Questions (the answer to the question is "in the question")
3 basic types of question
http://english4me.net/EnglishCenter/GrammarCenter/EN/Basic_Question_Types.html#.VQ6UKs90w5s
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FIVE BASIC
TYPES
OF
QUESTIONS
What types of questions are you asking students?
The art of asking questions is an ancient part of good teaching
and one of the basic skills all teachers should be able to master.
Socrates believed that knowledge and awareness were an intrinsic
part of each learner. Thus, in exercising the craft of good
pedagogy a skilled educator must reach into learners’ hidden levels
of knowing and awareness in order to help the them reach new levels
of thinking through thoughtfully developed questions.
As you examine the categories below, reflect on your own educational
experiences and see if you can ascertain which types of questions
were used most often by your different teachers. Hone your questioning
skills by practicing asking different types of questions, and try to
monitor your teaching so that you include varied levels of questioning
skills. Specifically in the area of Socratic questioning techniques,
there are a number of sites on the Web which might prove helpful,
simply use Socratic questioning as a descriptor.
1. Factual
Soliciting reasonably simple, straight forward answers based on obvious
facts or awareness. These are usually at the lowest level of cognitive
(thinking) or affective (feeling) processes and answers are frequently
either right or wrong.
Example:
Name the Shakespeare play about the Prince of Denmark?
2. Convergent
Answers to these types of questions are usually within a very finite range
of acceptable accuracy. These may be at several different levels of
cognition — comprehension, application, analysis, or ones where the answerer
makes inferences or conjectures based on personal awareness, or on material
read, presented or known. While these types of questions are valuable in
exercising mid-level cognitive thinking skills, it is quite easy to expand
students’ cognitive processes even higher by adding another layer to these
questions whereby teachers ask students to justify their answers in light
of the evidence offered or the inferences made.
Example:
On reflecting over the entirety of the play Hamlet, what were the main reasons
why Ophelia went mad? (This is not specifically stated in one direct statement
in the text of Hamlet. Here the reader must make simple inferences as to why
she committed suicide.)
3. Divergent
These questions allow students to explore different avenues and create many
different variations and alternative answers or scenarios. Correctness may be
based on logical projections, may be contextual, or arrived at through basic
knowledge, conjecture, inference, projection, creation, intuition, or imagination.
These types of questions often require students to analyze, evaluate, or
synthesize a knowledge base and then project or predict different outcomes.
Answering these types of questions may be aided by higher levels of affective
thinking as well — such as valuing, organization, or characterization. Responses
to these types of questions generally fall into a wide array of acceptability.
Often correctness is determined subjectively based on the possibility or
probability of the proposed answer. The intent of these types of questions is to
stimulate imaginative, creative, or inventive thought, or investigate “cause and
effect” relationships.
Example:
In the love relationship of Hamlet and Ophelia, what might have happened to their
relationship and their lives if Hamlet had not been so obsessed with the revenge
of his father’s death?
4. Evaluative
These types of questions usually require sophisticated levels of cognitive and/or
emotional (affective) judgment. In attempting to answer these types of questions,
students may be combining multiple cognitive and/or affective processes or levels,
frequently in comparative frameworks. Often an answer is analyzed at multiple
levels and from different perspectives before the answerer arrives at newly
synthesized information or conclusions.
Examples:
a. Compare and contrast the death of Ophelia with that of Juliet?
b. What are the similarities and differences between Roman gladiatorial games
and modern football?
c. Why and how might the concept of Piagetian schema be related to the concepts
presented in Jungian personality theory, and why might this be important to
consider in teaching and learning?
5. Combinations
These are questions that blend any combination of the above.
You can easily monitor what types of questions you are asking your students through
simple tallies and examining degrees of difficulty. Or, if your students are older,
then ask them to monitor the types of questions you ask, allowing them to identify
the types. For those of you who might be a bit more collaborative or adventurous in
your teaching and want to give students some ownership in their educational processes,
challenge them to create course related questions to ask one another. In my many years
of teaching I was always pleasantly surprised at what students came up with.
Five Basic Types of Questions
http://thesecondprinciple.com/teaching-essentials/five-basic-types-questions/
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QUESTION
TYPES
RELATED
TOPICS
Academic question
http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/academic-question.html
Embedded question
http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/embedded-question.html
Hypothetical question
http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/hypothetical-question.html
Leading question
http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/leading-question.html
Question tag
http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/question-tag.html
Rhetorical question
http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/rhetorical-question.html
Tail question
http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/tail-question.html
Yes/No Question
http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/yes-no-question.html
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SECTION 7
10
QUESTION
TO ASK YOUR
CHILD ABOUT
HIS DAY
AT SCHOOL
Get a sense of your child's life at school by asking questions
that elicit more than a one-word response.
The trick is to ask about things that are specific, but still
open-ended. Move beyond "fine" and "nothing" by asking your
child to describe his world. It's also great to start the
conversation with an anecdote from your own day. Try one of
these conversation-starters:
1. Tell me about the best part of your day.
2. What was the hardest thing you had to do today?
3. Did any of your classmates do anything funny?
4. Tell me about what you read in class.
5. Who did you play with today? What did you play?
6. Do you think math [or any subject] is too easy or too hard?
7. What's the biggest difference between this year and last year?
8. What rules are different at school than our rules at home?
Do you think they're fair?
9. Who did you sit with at lunch?
10. Can you show me something you learned (or did) today?
10 Questions to Ask Your Child About His Day at School
http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/motivate-school-success/10-questions-to-ask-your-child-about-his-day-school
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SECTION 8
QUESTION
TYPES OF QUESTIONS
HOW TO ASK QUESTIONS
LINKS
5 Ways to Ask a Question Intelligently
http://www.wikihow.com/Ask-a-Question-Intelligently
10 Specific Questions to ask Kids about School
http://amomwithalessonplan.com/questions-to-ask-kids-about-school/
20 Question to Ask Kids
http://www.minds-in-bloom.com/2010/01/20-question-to-ask-kids.html
20 Questions To Ask Your Child About School
http://www.schoolfamily.com/school-family-articles/article/853-20-questions-to-ask-your-child
25 Ways To Ask Your Kids “So how was school today?”
http://www.simplesimonandco.com/2014/08/25-ways-ask-kids-school-today-without-asking-school-today.html/
401 FREE Questions and Short Answers Worksheets
http://busyteacher.org/classroom_activities-grammar/questions_and_short_answers-worksheets/
Activities for Teaching Children to Ask and Answer Questions
http://www.sandbox-learning.com/Default.asp?Page=181
The Art of Asking Questions
http://www.crlsresearchguide.org/worksheets/Asking%20questions.htm
Ask a Question
http://www.question.com/
Asking Effective Questions
http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/crosscuttings/communication_questions.html
Asking Questions to Improve Learning
http://teachingcenter.wustl.edu/strategies/Pages/asking-questions.aspx#.VQ9SNs90w5s
child abuse HOW to ask questions
http://www.dorightbykids.org/how-to-ask-questions
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Common Core Sheets
http://www.commoncoresheets.com/
Common Questions with How
http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blgr_how.htm
Communicating With Your Child
http://life.familyeducation.com/parenting/communication/33597.html
Conversation Questions How do you...?
http://iteslj.org/questions/how.html
Different types of exam questions
http://www.openpolytechnic.ac.nz/study-with-us/study-resources-for-students/exams/tips-for-answering-exam-questions/different-types-of-exam-questions/
ehelp
http://www.ehelp.com/
Five basic types of questions
http://mmiweb.org.uk/hull/site/pt/comms_5typesquestion.html
How to answer 10 tough interview questions
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/03/04/cb.answering.tough.interview.questions/index.html
How to Answer 23 of the Most Common Interview Questions
http://www.wisebread.com/how-to-answer-23-of-the-most-common-interview-questions
How to ask kids questions
http://www.modernparentsmessykids.com/2012/06/how-to-talk-to-kids.html
How to Be Amazingly Good at Asking Questions
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/how-amazingly-good-asking-questions.html
How to Ask Better Questions
http://www.jeremystatton.com/better-questions
How to Ask Better Questions
http://hbr.org/2009/05/real-leaders-ask.html
How to Ask a Smart Question
http://faculty.gvc.edu/ssnyder/121/Goodquestions.html
How To Use Open-Ended Questions With Children
http://storiesandchildren.com/open-ended-questions/
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How To Write A Good Survey
http://www.accesscable.net/~infopoll/tips.htm
Guide to the Five Types of Survey Questions
http://survey.cvent.com/blog/cvent-survey-blog/guide-to-the-five-types-of-survey-questions
Job Interview Advice, Tips and Questions
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/interviewsnetworking/
Open and Closed Questions
http://changingminds.org/techniques/questioning/open_closed_questions.htm
Questioning
http://www.changingminds.org/techniques/questioning/questioning.htm
Questioning Skills and Techniques
http://www.skillsyouneed.com/ips/questioning.html
Question types
http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Question_types
Question Types
http://printableworksheets.in/?dq=Types%20Of%20Questions
Reading Comprehension Question Types
http://www.platinumgmat.com/about_gmat/rc_question_types
THE SIX TYPES OF SOCRATIC QUESTIONS
http://www.umich.edu/~elements/probsolv/strategy/cthinking.htm
Some Different Types of Questioning
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/html/icb.topic58474/questioning.html
Teaching Children to Ask Questions
http://www.heidisongs.com/blog/2013/12/teaching-children-to-ask-questions.html
Teaching the Child to Ask Questions
http://www.letstalksls.com/resource-library/autism/teaching-child-ask-questions-0
Three Types of Questions to Build Comprehension
http://www.litart.com/weblog/three-types-of-questions-to-build-comprehension
Types Of Questions On The Act
http://www.typesof.com/types-of-questions-on-the-act/
Types Of Questions, Feedback, Effective Questioning Practices
http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/1836/Classroom-Questions.html
Types of questions worksheets
http://www.eslprintables.com/grammar_worksheets/questions/types_of_questions/
Using Questions to Support Your Child’s Learning
http://www.zerotothree.org/child-development/school-readiness/using-questions-to-support.html
Why? 9 Common Questions Kids Ask and How to Answer
http://www.parents.com/kids/development/intellectual/why-questions-kids-ask-how-to-answer/
Worksheet Questions
http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0000065899/student_view0/question_types/worksheet_questions.html
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http://www.loc.gov/teachers/
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Educational Encyclopedia
http://academickids.com/
Children's encyclopedias
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Children%27s_encyclopedias
Difference Between
http://www.differencebetween.info/
Education.com
http://www.education.com/
Nick Jr.
http://www.nickjr.com/
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http://www.highlightskids.com/
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