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ERIC Number: EJ386248
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Research & Teaching: Active Learning Often Starts with a Question.
Bonnstetter, Ronald J.
Journal of College Science Teaching, v18 n2 p95-97 Nov 1988
Presents a discussion on the significance of questioning techniques in the development of critical thinking skills. Stresses that teachers can increase a student's mental engagement by using appropriate wait time, increasing nonevaluative responses, avoiding rephrasing a question, and avoiding questions requiring a yes or no response. (RT)
Descriptors: College Science, Critical Thinking, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Formal Operations, Learning Processes, Questioning Techniques, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Teaching Skills, Teaching Styles
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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