07 - What Kinds of Questions Encourage Student Interaction?

Magna 20-Minute Mentor, What Kinds of Questions Encourage Student Interaction? 

Changing how you use questions requires a few simple tweaks to your approach and not a major overhaul of your teaching methods. Learn the subtle things you can do to make your questions more powerful and your classroom interactions with students more fruitful.

A discussion facilitated by Shweta Gupta, ESL Instructor, Intensive English Language Program, International Center, follows.

See also this article, Extending the Silence. 

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PowerPoint Slides Note-Taking Guide (PDF) 

Supplemental Materials Handout (PDF) 

Transcript (PDF)

Magna’s Certificate of Completion (PDF) (for your own records, the Faculty Center has a different one for professional development)

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