Questioning is a powerful tool supporting thinking, learning and engagement. Skilled questioning can help learners to think critically, demonstrate new knowledge and deepen understanding, express ideas, explore solutions, and stimulate discussion and reflection. How we respond to questions can guide and elicit further evidence of learning.
This pedagogy bitesize outlines effective questioning and the role it plays across learning and teaching.
Questioning forms part of the Fife Learning Standard and is an important part of any lesson.
Further readings and examples of practice can be found here.
Ways to use the iPad
Here are some ways to use the features and apps on the iPad to support differentiation.
Showbie can be used in a variety of ways to support questioning at different points throughout a lesson. This video demonstrates how to use Showbie as a strong start to a lesson, supporting learners activate prior knowledge.
This video demonstrates how to use Showbie to deliver hinge questions for formative assessment and a way to adapt teaching.
To learn more about Showbie take the Showbie Certified Educator course as a next step.
Other apps and digital tools such as PowerPoint can be used for questioning at the end of a lesson for an exit ticket.
Exit tickets can be used as part of a plenary to check understanding and support the planning of further lessons.
