In this source of information about asking questions as a teacher, the author talks about why teachers really ask questions and why that process is not always effective. In his writing he says...
"The fallacy with this type of thinking is that the students do not understand that they do not understand, and if they do not know what they do not know, there is no way they can ask a question about it."
Even though this quote is kind of tounge twister, I understand exactly what he is trying to say. When teachers finish a lesson, and then ask "Does everyone understand?", most students are not going to even be able to know if they understand or not. Students categorize themselves when they are a part of a classroom, smart, not smart, doesn't care, ect. And when a teacher asks questions students know when they should or should not answer based on their "role" in the classroom. So when asking questions as a teacher it is important to know each and every student in your classroom's "role" so that you can help them be molded into the real student that they can be.
Three Ways to Ask Better Questions in the Classroom.
1. Prepare Questions
2. Play With Questions
3. Preserve Good Questions
Succinct.
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