{"id":9995,"date":"2017-10-29T14:41:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T05:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ibpsych.themantic-education.com\/?p=9995"},"modified":"2017-10-29T14:41:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T05:41:47","slug":"teaching-idea-question-counters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2017\/10\/29\/teaching-idea-question-counters\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Idea: Question Counters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Question-driven lessons are by far the most effective way to cause learning and the students that ask the most questions tend to achieve the highest.<\/p>\n<p>But if your students are anything like mine, there&#8217;s always a few who like to hide in the shadows and never ask questions, or they struggle and toil away on their own thinking that it&#8217;s their responsibility to learn the material and asking a question would show weakness, stupidity, or that they weren&#8217;t listening. For whatever reason, I never hear from these kids and it&#8217;s damaging for a few reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>it&#8217;s inhibiting\u00a0 the development of the teacher-student relationship and rapport<\/li>\n<li>it&#8217;s preventing the development of confidence and a proactive approach to learning<\/li>\n<li>it&#8217;s standing in the way of them accessing more knowledge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When my students come back tomorrow after autumn break I&#8217;m going to try a new strategy to get students in the habit of asking questions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10004\" style=\"width: 4618px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10004\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10004\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/question-coupons.jpg?resize=786%2C590&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"question coupons\" width=\"786\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/question-coupons.jpg?w=4608&amp;ssl=1 4608w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/question-coupons.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/question-coupons.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/question-coupons.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/question-coupons.jpg?w=1572&amp;ssl=1 1572w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/question-coupons.jpg?w=2358&amp;ssl=1 2358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These question counters are one way I&#8217;m trying to make sure I hear every voice at least once!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At the start of the lesson I&#8217;m going to give one question-counter to every student. The rule is simple:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>They return their counter when they ask a question.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I might even keep track of students who still have a counter at the end of the lesson and then give them\u00a0<em>two\u00a0<\/em>in the next lesson, while everyone else gets one.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I don&#8217;t plan on doing this every lesson. Just every now and again, maybe once a week or so.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I don&#8217;t expect students to ask questions during whole class discussions as I know this can be daunting, especially for introverts. But during the lesson when they&#8217;re trying to comprehend or understanding something new, I really want all my students to develop the confidence to take responsibility and step out of their comfort zone and ask for something clarified. Even if it&#8217;s as simple as &#8220;what does &#8230; mean?&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Since losing my classroom and having to become a nomad roaming from room to room, my &#8220;bag of tricks&#8221; has actually become a literal bag of little tricks. I&#8217;m hoping the &#8220;did-you-ask-a-question-counters&#8221; will be as practical and as simple to use as the:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;how-much-do-you-understand?&#8221; traffic-lights<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;here&#8217;s-our-problem-for-today&#8221; key question whiteboard title<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;can-I-have-your-attention-please?&#8221; bell<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;you&#8217;ve got x amount of time&#8230;&#8221; timer<\/li>\n<li>or the good ol &#8220;let&#8217;s-make-random-groups&#8221; playing-cards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-10027 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/bag-of-tricks.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bag of Tricks\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/bag-of-tricks.jpg?w=4608&amp;ssl=1 4608w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/bag-of-tricks.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/bag-of-tricks.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/bag-of-tricks.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/bag-of-tricks.jpg?w=1572&amp;ssl=1 1572w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/bag-of-tricks.jpg?w=2358&amp;ssl=1 2358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Teaching is an ancient and a timeless practice and the simplest ideas are the best. 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