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5 Powerful Questions Teachers Can Ask Students By Rebecca Alber

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The area of asking meaningful questions is one of the areas in which I – a new teacher – would like to grow. Rebecca Alber, the author of the article titled “5 Powerful Questions Teachers Can Ask Students” claims that teachers need to ask strategic questions, which will lead students to create questions of their own. She also contends that simply-worded, straightforward questions can be as effective as the intricate ones. She suggests using the following five questions: “What do you think?”, “Why do you think that?”, “How do you know this?”, “Can you tell me more?”, and “What questions do you still have?” I like using these questions with my English language learners; they are simple, yet, they push students to provide reasoning for their
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