Question 1

What Are Some Types of Probing Questions?

Accepted Answer

It is a teaching method that helps students explain their ideas freely and enhances the group discussions within the classroom. Critical thinking can be easily built through asking probing questions. With its fruitful outcome of new knowledge, probing questions technique can be composed of questions and answers that challenge assumptions and reveal many contradictions.

Question 2

What Are the Types of Probing Questions?

Accepted Answer

1. Repetition: The same question can be repeated or rephrased with the purpose of getting more detail about the topic. Echo questions can be used to emphasize on the area you want more detail. 2. Extension: If you did not get enough information from either the student or the teacher. 3. Evaluation: To test how students can judge and evaluate the topic. 4. Emotional: It can be in the form of a question like “How do you feel about this topic?” 5. Clarification: Questions and answers can be vague. Thus, probing questions can be used for clarification. 6. Purpose: Sometimes the purpose of what people say is not clear. Probing questions such as “Why did you mention this fact?” can reveal more the purpose of discussion. 7. Relevance: Sometimes the listener gets confused of what people say and questions the relevance of what people say to the topic of discussion. 8. Completeness and Accuracy: Such questions can be asked to get more detail and accuracy about the topic.

Question 3

Why Are Probing Questions Important?

Accepted Answer

Probing questions help students acquire new knowledge. They make thinking visible and therefore pave the way for critical thinking. Dr. Adel Ayed has highlighted the importance of probing questions in teaching in his article as he has mentioned: “Probing questions depends on leading students gradually to the correct answer, and to the interpretation and critique of each answer to make it easier for the student to correct his/her mistakes and reach the correct generalization.”

Question 4

How Can Teachers Use Probing Questions Technique Successfully?

Accepted Answer

Teachers should be passionate about their topic of discussion so that students can get engaged successfully. Topics selected should be interesting and have enough information that can open a way for such probing questions. Teachers have to create a sense of energy in the classroom and involve everyone in the discussion. Discipline inside the classroom is very important to keep the students focused on the questioning. Instructors can divide the students into groups or pairs. They can also take small white boards to write their answers on and then discuss each answer individually. There should be a preparation plan that includes a toolbox of questions.

Question 5

How Teaching Experts Use Probing Questions?

Accepted Answer

Probing questions has contributed in enhancing the classroom management such as securing students’ attention, eye front, and attentive listening. The classroom dialogue is conducted with energy and passion. Actually, probing questions can bring students from the back and the corners into the fray. John Sayers has mentioned in his Geography blog the importance of probing questions in teaching saying: “I love questioning and the potential depth to thinking it can generate. However, far too often including in my own practice, I prevent opportunities for taking the thinking deeper by posing a new challenge, problem to keep that engaging thrust of something new flowing in the room.”

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