Asking Purposeful Questions

Asking Purposeful Questions

Staff and volunteers will utilize purposeful questioning and feedback to increase youth learning in STEM.

As a result of ongoing, consistent professional development efforts, staff and volunteers will be able to:

  • Identify how asking youth purposeful questions and providing feedback can lead to increased STEM learning.
  • Develop questions that are effective for enhancing STEM learning in their activities.
  • Utilize purposeful questions, follow-up prompts and wait time to improve STEM learning experiences.

Resources

Let There Be Light

Youth are given the challenge to build a simple circuit. The facilitator uses purposeful questions to support and direct their learning.

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What Do You See?

Participants will observe questioning in the When Youth Are Struggling Video-Based Learning Module to learn to ask purposeful questions.

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Trying Out Questions

Participants will classify questions as open-ended and scientific and analyze facilitators’ talk in When Youth are Struggling Video-Based Learning Module to learn how to ask youth meaningful questions.

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Show Me the Filter

Participants will observe questioning in the Let there be Light! Video-Based Learning Module and the water filter activity to learn to ask purposeful questions.

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Reflecting on My Practice

Participants will watch the When Youth Are Struggling Video-Based Learning Module to learn to ask purposeful questions with youth.

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Bring in Your Questions

Participants will sort questions to learn to use purposeful questions with youth.

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Determining the Best Questions

Participants will reflect on the questions they use and watch the Using Questions for Many Purposes Video-Based Learning Module to learn how to use questions to provoke STEM thinking.

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Developing Your Own Purposeful Questions

Participants will watch the Using Questions for Many Purposes Video-Based Learning Module and design a water filter to learn how to use questions and talk moves to deepen youths’ science thinking.

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Identifying One Thing

Participants will watch the Testing Explanations of Cause and Effect Video-Based Learning Module to learn to ask purposeful questions with youth.

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