Activity 9: What questions do I ask and why

I have always tried to include different types of questions in my lessons to encourage students to think beyond simply recalling facts. I work at a school where the students struggle to answer higher order questions. I have found that when I start out my sessions with lower order questions students tend to feel a sense of accomplishment when they get them correct and are more ready to attempt higher order questions. I also find that I might have to break down higher order questions into simpler questions sometimes to get these students to understand what higher questions are asking of them.