QUESTIONS AND QUESTIONING TECHNIQUES FOR PBL
Tutorial Methods of Instruction
Session 3 - September 13, 2000
Session
Objectives
A.
To assist group facilitators in becoming aware of the different levels
of questions, and how specific levels can be utilized to stimulate higher
level thinking behaviors
B.
To help group facilitators in acquiring the skills to utilize different
levels of questioning in guiding tutorial groups
1. New round of introductions
2. Progress
report on group facilitator experience
3.
General background about questions and questioning
A. Importance of questions
B. General questioning techniques - expanded on overhead
handout
C. Class Discussion: what roles can questions
play in the PBL process?
4.
Questions from the cognitive domain
A. Introduction to Bloom’s
Taxonomy- levels expanded on handout
B.Group
Exercise I: identifying the “Bloom’s level” of example questions
- a Bloom's quiz
C.Group
Exercise II: writing exam questions for each Bloom’s level
Pick
a topic from the list below (or suggest one that is appropriate for the
course in which you are serving as a facilitator.
Write
1 exam question for each of 3 levels of Bloom's Taxonomy (in pairs or triplets,
with a different topic for each).
DNA replication
Osmoregulation
Photosynthesis
Structure and function of proteins or of the cell membrane
5.
Strategies for working on questioning skills - exercise on questions from
"homework assignment"
A. Individual Exercise. Reflection on “homework”
questions - pick the one you like the best.
B. Group Exercise - Pool all of the group's
best questions. Without knowing any additional information other than the
question itself, think about the following for each question:
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What might the goal of this question be?
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At what "Bloom's level" would the successful respondent to this question
be operating?
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Is there a way to phrase the question that would allow it to better meet
its intended goals?
6.
Listening and its importance to questioning - expanded on overhead
7.
Next week - observe groups in action. What signs do you look for that a
group functions well? Not so well? Prelude to next week's session on group
dynamics
In Subsequent
Week - Practicing the art of questioning - a fishbowl tutoring exercise