Questions, Questioning Techniques, and Effective Teaching

Book excerpt: This book focuses on questioning techniques and strategies teachers may employ to make the difference between active and passive learning in the classroom. There are nine chapters: (1) Why Questions? (Ambrose A. Clegg, Jr.); (2) Review of Research on Questioning Techniques (Meredith D. Gall and Tom Rhody); (3) The Multidisciplinary World of Questioning (J. T. Dillon); (4) What Kind of Question Is That? (Roger T. Cunningham); (5) Using Wait Time To Stimulate Inquiry (Mary Budd Rowe); (6) Effective Questions and Questioning: A Classroom Application (William W. Wilen); (7) Discussion Strategies and Tactics (Ronald T. Hyman); (8) Students as Key Questioners (Francis P. Hunkins); and (9) Improving Teachers' Questions and Questioning: Research Informs Practice (William W. Wilen). (JD)