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Thinking about Questioning Overview
In this Standards Unit: Improving Learning in Mathematics video you can see a short sequence giving an overview of ways in which questions can be used to promote mathematical thinking and learning.
Reviewing this section
Throughout this section you are invited to reflect on the use of questioning in mathematics and on how you might apply these ideas in your own teaching. In particular, how might you make your questioning more open, and how might you respond to a range of answers from your learners?
A possible starting point is to plan three or four open questions and try using them with mini whiteboards. We suggest you try to anticipate possible responses to your questions.
You might also like to look at the following sections:
* 'Thinking about discussion' to explore further how questioning can help promote and maintain mathematical discussion.
* 'Thinking about assessment' to explore the assessment opportunities that questioning offers.
* 'Meeting the needs of all learners' to explore how open questions can provide challenges for all learners.
In the 'Planning learning' section of this resource you will find video sequences of whole sessions. We suggest you view these and reflect on how the teachers and trainers featured use questioning with their learners.
Questioning is explored further in the book 'Improving learning in mathematics: challenges and strategies'.
In the professional development guide there are further ideas for developing this aspect of teaching with your colleagues.
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