Effective questioning in the classroom

Resource Type: Ideas and inspiration - Podcast

This podcast features thoughts from Dylan William, Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment at University College London. Based on his research and 15 years experience as a school teacher, Dylan highlights the problems with the traditional approach of 'ask a question, hands up to answer'. What follows is a fascinating discussion that provides teachers with a wide range of techniques that teachers can draw on to enhance questions and answers in their own classroom including: setting an expectation that all students can be expected to be asked to respond to a teacher question, or can be asked to comment on something another student has said, that students have a short-term opt out signal, and that questions need to be carefully designed and planned for as part of effective classroom practice.