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Questioning skills are a valuable tool for teachers and can be used strategically to enhance learning.

With careful planning and framing, questions can be used not only for assessment purposes but also to guide and extend pupils' understanding.

Aims and outcomes

Participants will be able to:

  • consider the research underpinning effective questioning
  • compare and contrast the purposes of different types of questions and the thinking they encourage
  • develop and frame questions that stimulate thinking and develop understanding.

Unit content

Unit 6: Effective questioning to enhance learning
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    Step 1: The questions we ask
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    Step 2: Raising standards
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    Step 3: Effective questions
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    Step 4: Increasing challenge
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    Step 5: Developing thinking
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    Step 6: Evaluating strategies
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    End of Unit 6 quiz