Recently in a workshop I talked about Socratic Questioning. We had
some discussion about it, and someone mentioned that they wanted to
"see" an example. OK... I have done some research and found some
examples. I am attaching a high school example for geoscience and an
elementary sample for mathematics. I will say there are many examples
found on the Internet. So, don't forget about GOOGLE!
Here are the 6 Types of Socratic Questions:
1. Questions for clarification (C):
- Why do you say that?
- Hows does this relate to our discussion?
- What are you including in your equations?
2. Questions that probe assumptions (A):
- What could we assume instead?
- How can your verify or disprove that assumption?
- Why are you including this particular equation and not another?
3. Questions that probe reason and evidence (RE):
- What would be an example?
- What is this analogous to?
- What do you think causes this to happen? Why?
4. Questions about viewpoints and perspectives (VP):
- What would be an alternative?
- What is another way to look at it?
- Why is this necessary or beneficial?
- What are the strengths? What are the weaknesses?
- What is a counterargument?
5. Questions that probe implications and consequences (IC)?
- What generalizations can you make?
- What are the consequences of this assumption?
- What are you implying?
- How does this affect..."
- How does this tie in with what we learned before?
6. Questions about the question (Q):
- What was the point of this question?
- Why do you think I asked this question?
- What does this mean?
- How does this apply to everyday life?
There
are many other examples of the types of questions that could be used
for the 6 types of Socratic questioning. I don't think the issue is
that we never ask Socratic questions, but rather, I think the issue is
that we don't consistently go through all the major types of Socratic
questions.
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