Questioning 2

Soooo I asked for some feedback from my students on what they thought about this excercise. I liked that they didn't hold back. I trey to reasure them that I wanted honest ansers and that this would only help in the future and I would nothing against them. I had them write it down as well as say it verbally. When it was said I really was engouraging and supportive.

What the students said about this task was :
Pros
repitition was good
liked working together
working with those they didn't know
liked standing and moving around
doing something different

Cons
loud
lack of variety
more time
mix it up
dumb questions
nervous
working with people they didn't know

Very good insight from those who are participating. I plan to use other questioning methods and compare and contrast.

Questioning Part 1

Well I started to try new things in class.....QUESTIONING. I had the students write down questions. They were to come up with five questions total. Three of the questions were fill in the answer and two were true and false. They were to come up with a question per worksheet they had. Each worksheet went with one section of the chapter. I was hoping to use this as a little bit of a review prior to their test (I had other review plans as well). The students got 2 minutes to ask each other the 10 total questions. I had them alternate questions. This was to keep them in the same sections with there questions. Students were given 10 minutes to develop their questions and another 10 to ask. I stressed the importance of engaging with people they usually don't speak with. Some students always go to there friends and others are shy and won't go to anyone. While the students did the task they were engaged. I walked around and listened to questions and answers. I thought the time limit would keep them on track. The class really seemed to enjoy a new activity in which they could walk around talk. I followed the activity using the Collins Writing- Type One technique. Students write their thoughs while skipping lines. No points are taken off for grammer, punctuation, capitalization etc. If students run out of things to write about they ask questions pertaining to the material. The results from this excersise could have been better. I believe starting this with a chapter review was too much. I will do it with a section next time.