EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM QUESTIONING

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Instructional Development
Center for Teaching Excellence
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

CONTENTS

Foreword

Levels and Types of Questions

Bloom's Taxonomy

Lower and Higher Level Questions

Open and Closed Questions

Planning Questions

Interaction Skills

Physical Setting

Instructor Attitude

Calling on Students to Maximize Participation

Wait-Time

Handling Student Responses

Responding to Student Questions

Methods for Assessing Questioning Skills

Videotape Self-Review

Peer-Review

Colleague-Videotape Review

Survey on Questioning

Student Evaluation of Questioning Skills

Suggestions for Interpreting Collected Assessments

Assistance Offered by Instructional Development

References