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.
Brittney – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoy this instructor so much! I learned many different ways to “tickle” brains and get kids excited about learning.
Viola – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
This was an very informative training in which I will definitely use in the classroom. Great job!!!
Courtney – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great questioning techniques to use in the classroom.
Lori – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed it and it was great to have question starters that could be used in a science classroom.
Cynthia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
It gives teachers different ways to ask questions in the classroom.
Tracy – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I like that the course is self-paced
Brenda – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
It was great!
Garie – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I like the questions and required responses along the way to maintain engagement and process what we are learning.
Anna – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
great
Corina – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
This course allows you to see how questioning is important. Sometimes we ask basic questions. We need students to think.