What is component 3b?
Quality questions and discussions allow for student contributions and deep understanding. Teachers should show value of student contributions and build off of them for further learning. As teachers pose deep thinking questions, students will begin to learn how to ask probing questions.
Why do you need it?
Question and discussion techniques promote student participation and stimulate deep thinking. This guides students towards asking important questions of their own. Well designed questions and discussions engage students and help them achieve at higher academic levels.
What are the elements?
Quality of Questions and Prompts
- High quality questions provoke student reflection and therefore deepen understanding.
- Teachers can lead discussions as a mediator and offer explanation throughout or leave students to control the discussion on their own.
- Teachers utilize multiple techniques to ensure all students participate throughout the lesson.
Artifacts of Domain 3b
Teachers can show proficiency of Domain 3b in their classroom by:
- engaging students in deep conversation
- encouraging students to formulate their own questions
- promoting class contributions
- ensuring all student voices are heard
- formulating questions with multiple answers that lead to further discussion
- building explanations off of student contributions
Danielson, C. (2011). The Danielson Group. The Framework for Teacher Evaluation Instrument. Retrieved from:
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http://static.pdesas.org/content/documents/danielson_rubric_32.pdf