Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Questions
Knowing the answers will help you in school. Knowing how to question will help you in life. – Warren Berger In most high school classrooms, teachers do most of the talking. A study of student engagement revealed that, on average, teachers talk between 70-80% of the time in the upper grades, using teaching methods such as direct instruction, demonstrations, and asking students questions. Even the somewhat interactive Q&A process is dominated by teacher talk as teachers usually