Critical thinking and critical questioning can be incorporated into nearly every course. However, the technology-based courses introduce a challenge as well as an opportunity. Socratic instruction can take many forms. Q the element of thought. Clarification may also be requested from others in the discussion group.
Many questions can center around the concept of assumptions.
The student may be asked for clarification, verification, explanation, or reliability of the assumption. Students may also be asked to identify another assumption which might apply to the particular case. Questions that probe reasons and evidence This category of probing questions asks for additional examples, evidence which has been discovered, reasons for making statements, adequacy for the reasons, process which lead student to this belief, or anything which would change the student's mind on this issue. Questions about the question The student might be asked to identify the question, the main point, or the issue at hand. In addition, the student might be asked to break the question into single concepts rather than multiple concepts or determine whether some type of evaluation needs to take place.