Like most investigations, discussion follows a logical path. Learning to Question. In Journal of Higher Education , Vol. 40, No. 6, Ohio State University Press , 61-66. Professors Part of the Problem. In The Teaching Professor .
Faculty often blame students for a lack of participation and for passivity in class.
Certainly students deserve some of that criticism, but research findings don't let faculty off the hook quite that easily. In fact, research by Carol P. Barnes tends to support a much more difficult view. Questioning in the College Classroom. In IDEA Paper No. 7. A teacher might be able to accomplish most teaching through pedagogical techniques other than questioning.