Module 1 Activity 9: What questions do I ask and why?

It is evident that questioning technique plays a very important role in the teaching/learning process.The type of questions asked should be mainly geared towards stimulating higher level cognitive learning and overall comprehension of a subject matter. I am convinced that the questions asked during a lesson should include limited recalling of information while the majority should be geared towards encouraging critical thinking and provide avenues for reasoning, so that students are engaged in organizing their thoughts in a logical manner which are applicable to real life situations. As educators, our practice should consistently involve convergent and divergent questioning, where the students are required to establish a relationship between facts or ideas in order to construct an answer, and provide for more freedom and independence in giving answers.