In focus: Asking questions

With the provided exercise material, students train in various ways to ask questions. It is important to practice questioning and follow-up questions in different situations, as the ability to ask questions is the most important thinking tool.

A questioning attitude is a key driver for learning. Children generally enjoy asking questions. Their inquiries reflect what personally interests them.

This starting point should be utilized in the classroom.

For almost all new topics, teachers can give students time at the beginning of a subject to write down their questions and, when appropriate, to ask them. This way, they are better motivated for the subsequent information sessions and learn more efficiently. From a learning theory perspective, questions serve as anchors for the answers, allowing the new information to be better integrated.

Question words, open questions, closed questions, question groups, follow-up questions, question projects, and question games.