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.
Margaret – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This was so helpful!! Just what I needed to help me understand how to question my gifted students to inspire their curiosity.
Brenda – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
The course offered several strategies to promote engaging activites in the classroom where students thrive on curiosity. Well done.
Diana – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I like the written activities I had to participate. It helped me understand the theories behind this workshop.
DEBBIE – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very down to earth presentation with practical explanations that drive points home.
Brenda – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informational.
Veronica – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative.
It has many question starters that can be used for any subject.
Cindy – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is great! It offers many ideas/strategies that we can use in our daily lessons
Jenny – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was good, but I was expecting to learn about more strategies on how to get to the higher order thinking questions, especially with our struggling population.
Roberto – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great
Melissa – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas for higher order questioning