Students are given opportunities to recognize and identify problems and to propose, test, or evaluate solutions. Uses questioning to identify misconceptions or confusion and to monitor student work. Questioning is a vital part of classroom interactions. Teachers' questions are used to explore and build student understanding, identify student confusion, and monitor students' work. Sometimes a series of related questions are needed to clarify student misconceptions.
Teachers assess student understanding by asking specific questions related to the topic.
Teacher seldom uses questioning. Teacher asks questions to check for understanding, but does not attempt to clarify misconceptions. Teacher uses questioning to check for misconceptions and sometimes uses this information to clarify concepts. Teacher consistently uses questioning to clarify misconceptions and monitor student work. Uses higher-order questions to engage students in original, creative, and evaluative thinking.