Questioning

Relevant documents and links

 * [|Launch pad questioning skills] – Overview of questioning skills and how they can be used effectively in teaching.
 * [|KS3 module: Questioning] – Training module from Key Stage 3 on improving questioning techniques in school.
 * [|Bloom"s Taxonomy in detail] – List of the key words for questioning at Bloom"s six taxonomic levels and an overview of the skills demonstrated at each level.
 * [|Bloom"s Taxonomy] – Bloom"s Building Blocks.
 * [|Checklist for planning questions] – Selection of useful questions that can be used as a checklist for planning and incorporating higher levels of thinking activities into classroom activities.
 * [|Classroom questioning in English] – A table showing the different types of questions that can be used to elicit different levels of thinking and learning.
 * [|Dalton categories of questions and Touching the Void] – Using "Touching the Void" as text to set activities for Dalton"s Taxonomy.
 * [|Definitions for Bloom"s Taxonomy] – Defintions for the six levels of questioning identified in Bloom"s Taxonomy.
 * [|Key words for questioning] – Table of key words for questioning at Bloom"s six taxonomic levels.
 * [|KS3 training - alternatives to questions] – Table of suggested alternative approaches to direct questioning to encourage discussion.
 * [|Questioning article from the TES] – Article first published in the TES about the role of questioning in teaching and how this can be done most effectively today.
 * [|Questioning techniques] – Flash film on questioning techniques to use with gifted and talented pupils.
 * [|Questions PowerPoint to match Flash animation] – Powerpoint presentation (to match flash animation) on questioning skills.
 * [|Active Questioning Techniques]– Active Questioning Techniques.