Questioning

At St Helen's Questioning practices look like:

• Executive Functioning focus on Chikondi the Giraffe
• ShREC approach to questioning
• Higher ordering thinking questions
• Ask a variety of questions: factual, conceptual, analytical, and evaluative
• Use appropriate wait times after asking to allow students to think
• Encourage open-ended questions to promote discussion
• Use cold-calling, no opt out or random selection to involve all pupils
• Use Think, Pair Share, Show Me Boards
• Follow-up questions to probe reasoning and clarify misconceptions
• Encourage pupil-generated questions to develop ownership of learning
• Use questions that support retrieval and practice