The Importance of Questioning

As a college student I think that it is important for a teachers at all grade levels  to engage his/her students in a question and answer session. Because, in teaching lessons or lecturing, many students may not gain the full understanding of what is being taught. As I think back to many of my college courses, that were mainly taught through lecturing, I can only remember writing notes and never asking questions, unless they were asked after class . I believe that not only my grades would've been better but also other students in the class grades would have improved if the teacher engaged us in questioning sessions to determine if their teaching was detailed enough or if it was anything that needed to be retaught. Also, I think that questioning during class would've not only help me but any others who may have had the same question but didn't want to ask it.

The chapter informed me that some questions are better than others. This doesn't mean that they are "dumb" or  "unimportant" question as the statement goes, but they really challenge you to think about what you've learned. Some examples given by the chapter are the "HOT" questions. Before this reading I learned last year that HOT question require students to think more deeply about what is being asked. I think HOT questions should be used most often because, they really challenge a learner to think about what they don't understand and about areas that they need to improve. It can also help a teacher to know what they need to change about the information or to find a alternate way to teaching the subject, that will help students to understand.

In all I learned that questions help students to assess what they've learned, to know what they need to improve. Engaging students in questioning sessions requires them to think about what they've learned  in a more critical way to determine if their knowledge is correct or needs improvement. Questions help students to think beyond what they've learned and this help them to retain the information better.  Questioning helps to make students better equipped and can help them improve in there future learning.

Quote "Traditionally, teachers use questioning more than ay other method for developing comprehension".

Question: When engaging students in question session , Is is important to allow students to discuss amongst themselves or should the teacher answer the question immediately to avoid confusion?