Designing Questions

After reviewing two videos on the topic of designing questions for students, I have come away with a greater understanding for how one can structure their classroom and the questions being given to their students to promote the greatest level of learning. I have come to recognize that teachers often work collaboratively when designing their questions, building off one another's ideas with the goal of reaching every type of student in their curriculum. The questions being asked of students are meant to build off one another. First, by giving students a question that is easy to answer, they feel confident in discussing their thoughts in the classroom. When a followup question that is more in depth is posed, the students are challenged to think and have greater expectations set for them. Teachers may pose a question that relates their teaching to the everyday world around their students and their lives so that students may relate to what they are learning and feel more compelled to study, learn, and grow within these disciplines. Teachers have been designing questions so that they can slowly and deliberately give their students more responsibility and, in turn, set higher expectations for what those students can achieve.