Questioning is a Quest

The author of this article makes a very important statement…”Most often students in classrooms are expected to answer the questions, not to ask them. Yet, asking questions is what propels le... See More

The author of this article makes a very important statement…”Most often students in classrooms are expected to answer the questions, not to ask them. Yet, asking questions is what propels learning.” In this article he describes in detail one discrepant event that encourages students to explain what is happening in the demonstration. Rather than the teacher explaining it, the students are asked to hypothesize answers and discuss their explanations through a questioning process.