Student Questioning: A Case for Freshman Academic Empowerment.

Aldridge, Mavis

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ERIC Number: EJ417062

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Publication Date: 1989

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Student Questioning: A Case for Freshman Academic Empowerment.

Aldridge, Mavis

Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, v5 n2 p17-24 Spr 1989

Describes the use of student-generated questions to enhance learning in a freshman-level communication skills course. As class exercises, students were asked to develop questions about an assigned reading, to analyze the questions, and to map the questions to identify important textual elements and various levels of thinking about the text. (DMM)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Questioning Techniques

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Note: Available from New York College Learning Skills Association, c/o Developmental Studies Division, Community College of the Finger Lakes, Canandaigua, NY 11424 ($20.00 per volume for non-NYCLSA members).