Description
In this 3-hour course, Joyce Juntune, Ph.D., takes you on an exploration of the essential role that questioning plays in learning. She provides four types of questions that will encourage higher order thinking in your students. Dr. Juntune explains how understanding comes from asking the right questions and identifying the right answers.
Over the course of three modules, you will learn:
- The importance of using questioning in the classroom
- Person focused questions
- Analysis/descriptive questions
- Creativity questions
- Inquiry/curiosity questions
- Activities and resources to encourage questioning practices in the classroom
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies a, b, c, f, g and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 3.1, 5.1, 5.2.
Presenter Bio
Dr. Joyce Juntune is a renowned consultant, trainer, professor, and lecturer with more than 45 years of experience in the field of education. She is an instructional associate professor at Texas A&M University, and she teaches graduate-level courses in her expert areas of intelligence, child and adolescent development, educational psychology, giftedness, and creativity. She has focused the majority of her career on the areas of intelligence and gifted and talented education. Dr. Juntune has served as the executive director for the National Association for Gifted Children and the Institute for Applied Creativity at Texas A&M University.
Donna – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (verified owner) –
I think this course had tons of valuable information about thinking out of the box. I appreciated the examples of higher level thinking strategies.
Hannah – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This course really made me think about how I challenge and question my learners. I took away many nuggets that I’ve already started using with my students.
Kelsey – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) –
This course was interesting in terms of questioning strategies. It was exactly what was advertised.
Adriana – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very interesting and I liked to type of questioning I can use in the classroom to keep the students engaged.
Sarah – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s very informative.
Consuelo – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I love it because organize questions by categories. It is more easy to understand.
Daniela – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This training actually comes in handy to my grade level, unlike the majority of the others I chose recently.
Debra – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Really like the handouts. These will be useful references.
Susana – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
wonderful!
Cecily – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very interesting and helped me gain a better understanding of how to incorporate higher order thinking into my classroom.