Teacher Questions Research Articles

Teacher Follow-up on Learners’ Initial Response to Teacher Questions

Participating in classroom mathematics conversations, particularly engaging with the opinions of others, can improve learners’ mathematical comprehension. Teachers can use a variety of invitation and follow-up moves to encourage student engagement. The study aimed to explore teacher follow-up on learners’ initial responses to teacher questions and building on learner ideas in Grade 9 mathematics classrooms. A qualitative approach and descriptive case study design were utilised. Data were collected from three schools in the same circuit in South Africa through classroom lesson observations, face-to-face teacher interviews and researchers’ field notes. Three Grade 9 mathematics teachers, one from each school, were purposively selected, and the selected teachers’ already established Grade 9 classes, with a maximum of 30 learners each (owing to the COVID-19 health protocol), were automatically involved. Cognitively guided instruction, a learner-centred approach that uses social constructivism as a research paradigm, guided this study. The exploration was supplemented by Brodie’s conceptual framework on teacher follow-up moves. The findings revealed that the three teachers followed up on learner contributions and used different follow-up moves, namely insert, elicit, press, maintain and confirm. The study showed hybrid teacher moves. Although more teacher moves were skewed towards elicit and insert, which are closer to traditional practices, there is an indication of moving towards the press, maintain and confirm, which are reform-oriented moves. In addition to these moves identified by Brodie, acknowledging or praising the learner for responding was another move that emerged in this study.

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN A MODERN SCHOOL

Teachers frequently face a myriad of challenges in their classrooms, ranging from the complexities of managing student behavior to the imperative task of cultivating a modern and conducive educational environment, all while striving to employ effective teaching methodologies. Acknowledging the paramount significance of these multifaceted issues, the primary objective of this article is to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the pivotal problems encountered in classroom management and to explore various approaches aimed at addressing them adeptly. In our study, we used theoretical and empirical methods and identified a wide range of discipline violations by students of the 7th grades of one of the schools that took part in the survey. Such violations include the following: conversations in the classroom, nonattendance, walking around the classroom during the lesson. At the same time, such forms of violations were indicated, which are a characteristic phenomenon of our era. Among them: listening to music using the smartphone, messaging with other students in the classroom, verbal sparring with the teacher, ignoring teacher's questions, etc. Thus, the range of violations of discipline by schoolchildren is quite wide. It should be noted that all this happens in the school classroom. Effective classroom management means anticipating problems in advance, and creating conditions in which children will behave adequately and learn successfully. Simultaneously, it's imperative for teachers to grasp that the objective isn't solely to establish an ideal disciplinary regime or exercise complete control over students. Rather, it's about orchestrating an environment conducive to learning and knowledge acquisition, where children can thrive and flourish academically and personally.

Teachers’ use of inquiry and language scaffolding questions when preparing an experiment

This study analyze data from three national contexts in which teachers worked with the same teaching materials and inquiry classroom activities, investigating teachers’ use of strategies to promote interaction and scaffolding when participating in a professional development program. The data material is collected from three case studies from the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden, respectively. Each case is from a teaching unit about green plants and seed sprouting. In one lesson in this unit, students were involved in planning an experiment with sprouting seeds, and this (similar) lesson was videotaped in three national settings. The main research question is, as follows: How do primary teachers use questions to scaffold conceptual understanding and language use in inquiry science activities? The data analysis shows that teachers ask different kind of questions such as open, closed, influencing and orienting questions. The open, orienting questions induce students to generate their own ideas, while closed orienting and influencing questions often scaffold language and content-specific meaning-making. However, both open, closed, orienting and influencing questions can scaffold student language and conceptual understanding. Often, teacher questions scaffold both language content-specific meaning-making at the same time. The study shows the subtle mechanisms through which teachers can use questions to scaffold student science literacy and thereby including them in classroom interaction.

A Survey on the Effectiveness of Perceived Teacher Questioning in the English Classroom in Chinese Universities

A Survey on the Effectiveness of Perceived Teacher Questioning in the English Classroom in Chinese Universities

Effective Teacher Questioning Perceived by EFL Learners in Chinese Universities and Its Relationship with Classroom Engagement

Effective Teacher Questioning Perceived by EFL Learners in Chinese Universities and Its Relationship with Classroom Engagement

Students’ Perspectives on the Use of Teacher Questions to Promote Critical Thinking inEFL Classrooms

Students’ Perspectives on the Use of Teacher Questions to Promote Critical Thinking inEFL Classrooms

PRINCIPALS’ USE OF COMMUNITY FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND ITS IMPACT ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN FAKO DIVISION, SOUTH-WEST REGION OF CAMEROON

This study was designed to examine principals’ use of community financial resources and its impact on the management of secondary schools in Fako Division, South-West Region of Cameroon. The study was guided by two objectives which to investigate the impact of principals’ use of foreign aids and community/PTA levy and its impacts on the management of secondary schools. The survey research design particularly the cross-sectional survey design was used. This design was used because data were collected at once and not periodically as seen with longitudinal survey. The population of the study comprised of 8746 teachers and 1217 principals from secondary schools in the South West Region of Cameroon. The sample population for the study was made up of 426 teachers and 29 principals. The purposive and simple random sampling techniques was adopted for the study. The instruments use for data collection were a questionnaire (closed and open ended questions) for teachers and an interview guide for principals. Data from close ended questions was analysed using SPSS 23.0, with the aid of descriptive and inferential statistical tools while open ended questions were analysed thematically. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test the research hypotheses formulated in the study. The finding shows that with reference to foreign aids, 67.5% of teachers accepted that the principal makes use of foreign aids and with reference to community/PTA levy, 61.1% of teachers accepted that the principal makes use of community/PTA levy. Hypothetically, the result of the analysis revealed that the calculated Гxy -value 0.289 is higher than the critical Гxy -value 0.0978 at .05 level of significance and degrees of freedom 426. Furthermore, the p-value of 0.000 is less than 0.05. With the result of this analysis, the null hypothesis was rejected and the alternative hypothesis accepted. This result implies that the use of community financial resources by principals do have significant impact on the management of secondary schools although the impact is moderate. The positivity of the correlation value 0.289** implies that management of secondary schools is more likely to be enhance when principals adequately make use of community financial resources. Therefore, it is generally recommended that, that using community financial resources to pay part time teachers will help the school to attain it goals and objectives, community financial resources will greatly help the schools attain their goals and objectives since we hardly given sufficient finances for the running of the school.

TEACHER QUESTIONING ON STUDENTS’ CRITICAL THINKING ABILITY IN HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH READING

Critical thinking is an important part of thinking ability. Teachers’ questions in English reading classrooms affect the quality of reading teaching and play a key role in cultivating and developing students’ critical thinking. There is a certain positive impact on students' critical thinking. However, in the current high school English reading teaching in China, most teachers lack attention to the cognitive level of questioning, and the number of questions with high cognitive level is relatively small. Teachers lack the awareness of using classroom questions to stimulate students' thinking, which is not conducive to cultivating and developing students' critical thinking. (1) How does teacher questioning affect students' critical thinking tendency in high school English reading teaching? (2) How does teacher questioning affect students' critical thinking skills in high school English reading teaching? (3) What is the impact of teachers' questions on students' English reading performance in high school English reading teaching? In response to these problems, this study classifies and designs teacher questions based on Bloom's cognitive target classification, and applies teacher questions to English reading teaching based on constructivism theory and zone of proximal development theory. Using empirical research methods to explore the impact of teacher questioning on students' critical thinking and the effectiveness of cultivating students' critical thinking in high school English reading teaching, with a view to the design of questions in front-line English teachers' reading teaching and the cultivation of students' critical thinking for reference.

Co-Creation of Navigational Spaces When Facilitating Children’s Play

Facilitating children’s play is an important but potentially frustrating task for teachers in the field of Early Childhood Education and Care. Play is often understood as essential for children, and frequently being excluded from play is often experienced as problematic; Still, teachers are often uncertain about how to do play and there is a growing concern about the disappearance of play. This study aims to explore and identify navigational spaces for teachers to exercise agency when facilitating children’s play, and this article presents the co-creation of four such spaces. The co-creation has been done through a series of workshops and play initiations over six months, explored by ECEC teachers in conjunction with the author. The workshops are anchored in critical theory, and the idea is that the participants enrich the project through their various forms of expertise. Abductive analysis through workshops and a thematic analysis of sound and video recordings of these events shows the co-creation of the navigational spaces of framing, conditioning, timing, and knowledging to be central. To be able to co-create these navigational spaces, the repeated collective questioning and knowledge contributions of teachers and the researcher seem to be a central factor. By critically considering and exploring co-creational possibilities both the researcher and the teachers extended their play-facilitating repertoire and made the play-facilitating efforts increasingly explicit. This suggests that it is possible to simultaneously develop practice and scientific knowledge if interactions between the education sector and academia are facilitated. These insights will be beneficial for further investigations and innovations.

Taṭwīr Ta`līm Mahārah al-Qirā‘ah Bi Ṭarīqah “Anṭiq Wa Mayyiz” `Alā Asās al-Madkhal as-Siyāqī Wa al-Madkhal al-Binā‘ī Bi MIN 9 Aceh Selatan

Based on the observation of the first-in-class fourth of the Government Islamic Primary School 9 South Aceh students are weak in pronouncing words and sentences in the text and students find it difficult to pronounce letters in Arabic words and have difficulty distinguishing the correct pronunciation. This also makes them feel weak in mastering the meaning of vocabulary and unable to understand the text. When the teacher distributes to groups and asks students to pronounce the words in the text and asks students to take turns reading they find it difficult to read. In the teaching and learning process, students cannot answer the teacher's questions about the text. With these problems, researchers want to develop learning reading skills with the "Intiq Wa Mayyiz" method based on the CTL approach and the constructivism approach. The purpose of this thesis is to identify the student's response, the validation of experts, and the effectiveness of developing the teaching of reading skills in an " Intiq Wa Mayyiz " manner, on the basis of a contextual approach and a constructivist approach. In this study, researchers used research and development methods with the type of One Group Pre-test and Post-test Design. The researcher presented questionnaires, pre-tests, and post-tests as research tools. As for the results of the research, the development of teaching reading skills using the "Intiq Wa Mayyiz" method has a positive response among students, and the researchers found their response results to be very good because this method can improve students' abilities, tendencies and desires in reading skills. The validity assessed by experts in teaching reading skills using the "Intiq Wa Mayyiz" method obtained a result of good and pleasant traits. The development of teaching reading skills using the "Intiq Wa Mayyiz" method is effective for improving reading skills.

Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran Assure Dalam Pendidikan Agama Islam Terhadap Minat Belajar Siswa SMPN 1 Bekasi

The role of the teacher is very important in the world of education, because the teacher is in charge and responsible for motivating, facilitating, educating and training students. One way to overcome the difficulties experienced by students is to increase students interest in learning in students who students experience difficulties. Teachers teach with methods that make students active in carrying out learning so that students are happy and active in answering teacher questions. This study aims to find out how the teacher's role in increasing students interest in learning. Teachers teach with methods that make students active in carrying out learning so that students are happy and active in answering teacher questions. The method used by researchers is a quantitative research method with quasi-experimental techniques. is one of the determinants in improving human resources. The learning design developed by the teacher is designed by implementing the ASSURE model in implementing the learning process. The ASSURE model is a learning model designed to strengthen effective and efficient learning, especially in learning activities that use media and technology. Where this integrated thematic learning is learning that links several fields of study into an interrelated theme to provide real experiences for students so that they can develop student knowledge an improve learning outcomes for students. In addition, it also helps teachers in evaluating the learning process that has been implemented.

An Analysis of Types of Teacher's Questions in The English Learning Process in Higher Education

This research discusses the types of questions lecturers use in the teaching and learning process for the students of the University of Putra IndonesiaYPTK Padang. The aim of this research is to identify the types of questions generated by lecturers in classroom interactions. This research was carried out on students majoring in Management. In collecting data, researchers used observation and interviews. Observations are used to see the types of questions used by lecturers in the teaching and learning process. Meanwhile, interviews are used to find out why lecturers used the questions in the teaching and learning process. The researcher made observations using an observation checklist, field notes, and a video recorder as tools during the observation. Teacher questions were analyzed using the Miles and Huberman (1995) qualitative data analysis model. The research results show that in the process of learning English in Management classes, teachers predominantly use procedural and convergent types of questions to interact with students. These questions are used to determine the level of students' understanding of the material that has been taught and can help students to recall the material. Using these questions can help students participate actively by responding to these questions. Lecturers do not use divergent types of questions which can increase students' thinking patterns to be more critical in conveying ideas or opinions about something.

The Colors of Kernels

This article presents a modified version of a “cookbook” laboratory activity that uses colored corn kernels to address the fundamental ideas in classical genetics. The purposeful sequencing of concrete experiences with corn plant structures along with teacher questioning promotes mental engagement and scaffolds students to a deeper and more robust understanding of inheritance, zygosity, genotype and phenotype, and calculating probabilities of inherited alleles using the Punnett Square.

Bloom's Taxonomy and Reading Comprehension in English Teaching: Evaluating Teacher's Questioning

This study investigates how high school English teachers in different locations (SMA Negeri 3 in Aru Island Regency and SMA Negeri 4 in central Maluku Regency) utilize Bloom’s taxonomy in their questions to improve students’ reading comprehension. Using qualitative methods such as observation, interviews, and documentation, the researcher reveals various question types employed by these teachers, ranging from literal to appreciation questions. Analyzing the questions through Bloom’s taxonomy, the study finds that while teachers cover cognitive levels from understanding to evaluation, questions related to analysis and evaluation are relatively scarce. This suggests a potential oversight in fostering critical thinking skills in reading comprehension instruction. Despite this, the study concludes that the learning process leads to notable improvements in students’ reading comprehension at these schools.

Classroom Discourse and Teacher-Student Interactions during the Enactment of Evolution and Human Genetics Units in a Rural High School: A Case Study of a Biology Teacher

Teachers often struggle to facilitate open discussions about evolution when they perceive it to be at odds with cultural and religious norms. Little is understood about classroom discourse and teacher-student interactions during the teaching of evolution. This study analyzed classroom discourse and teacher-student exchanges in a 10th-grade biology classroom at a rural high school during the evolution and human genetics units. It also considered contextual factors such as the teacher's acceptance and understanding of evolution and his perspective on the nature of science [NOS]. A microanalysis of classroom discourse showed that lecturing and recitation were the most commonly used discourse patterns. While the intent of the teacher's questions and their impact on students' subsequent responses varied across dialogue patterns, the most frequent objective of the teacher's questions in both units was to assess correctness. The teacher's feedback mostly acknowledges responses, confirms correct answers, and reiterates responses. The teacher displayed a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of NOS. He also demonstrated a strong acceptance of evolution. The questionnaire results and his teaching throughout the unit indicated a high understanding of evolution. This study suggested that teachers with solid acceptance and a well-informed understanding of evolution may still utilize teacher-dominated discourse patterns and ask questions primarily to obtain factual knowledge.

An Analysis of Teachers Questioning Strategy During the Classroom Interaction in EFL Classroom

Each teacher has their own way of delivering questions called teacher asking strategies. This research aims to determine the different kinds of teacher questions used the teacher during the classroom interaction in EFL classroom. The method in this research uses qualitative descriptive. This purpose of the study is to analyze teacher questioning strategies that are utilized by English teachers in classroom interactions and the aim of these strategies, was described by researchers using qualitative descriptive methods. The instrument used in this research was an interview with a question count of 4 items. The participants of this research were 2 different English teachers. The results of this research show that question controlling strategy are often used by teachers to manage classes and question planning strategies are the least used methods to assess students' comprehension of the material presented.

Video Observation of Kindergarten Teachers’ Use of Questions in Picture-Book Reading with Quiet Multilingual Children: A Pilot Study

Teacher questions asked during picture-book reading may stimulate the child’s practice of new vocabulary. However, there is great variation in children’s amount of verbal expression, and little knowledge exists about what level of openness in the questions elicits a response. We use video observation and pilot a set of digital picture-book dialog materials that are under development. The analysis included 234 questions asked during picture-book reading in the Norwegian language between three quiet multilingual children and their kindergarten teachers. The analysis was partly qualitative evaluating the types of questions and subsequent responses and partly quantitative in summarizing the occurrence of the types of questions and responses. The results show that between 75% and 97% of the half-open questions, between 60% and 80% of the closed questions, and between 14% and 60% of the open-ended questions elicited a response from the children. Overall, the results indicated that the frequency of responses varied both within and between question types. The fact that open-ended questions generated a limited number of responses among multilingual children may challenge the use of such questions as the gold standard in adult–child dialogs, regardless of child factors and context.

How to Upgrade Discipline Through Service Guidance Counseling In the Learning Process at SMPN 1 Muaro Jambi

This research discusses how to improve discipline through counselling guidance services in the learning process at SMPN 1 Muaro Jambi from the point of view of the counselling guidance teachers and students. The type of research used is qualitative. The subject of this research is SMPN 1 Muaro Jambi, which consists of 6 classes, namely, VII A, VII B, VII C, VII D, VII E, VII F and three guidance and counselling teachers. These schools. The samples in this research were class VII F and 1 class VII counselling teacher using a purposive sampling technique. The data collection technique uses interviews, 15 interview questions for teachers and 25 interview questions for students, producing good interviews from teachers and students. These are sorted into the method of increasing discipline in the learning process. As for the research results, data was obtained that the technique for increasing specialisation in the learning process is through counselling guidance services, namely, dressing wholly and neatly (according to applicable school regulations), getting homework and checking homework, as well as maintaining the cleanliness of the school environment.

Questioning Optimization Strategies of High School English Reading Classroom based on Deep Learning

With the development of the times, the requirements for education are constantly increasing, and deep learning is crucial for students' development and progress. This paper integrates the concept of deep learning into the classroom and explores optimization strategies for questioning in high school English reading classes. By exploring the current situation of questioning in high school English reading classrooms, it was found that there are shortcomings and deficiencies in teacher questioning and feedbacks. Based on the requirements of deep learning and core competencies for English learning, this paper reflects questioning in English reading classrooms. On this basis, strategies such as clarifying the purpose of questioning, respecting individual differences, increasing classroom participation, and encouraging and guiding students are proposed for high school English teachers in order to promote students' deep learning and better development.

BARRIERS TO HARMONIZATION OF THE SUB-SYSTEMS OF PRIMARY EDUCATION IN THE LITTORAL AND SOUTH WEST REGIONS OF CAMEROON

This study was designed to examine barriers to harmonization of the sub-systems of primary education in the Littoral and South West Regions of Cameroon. The study was guided by two objectives which where to inquire whether bicultural traditions of the country is a hindrance to the harmonization process of the curriculum of primary education and to find out if the fear of assimilation is a barrier to harmonization of the curriculum of primary education. The concurrent mixed-methods research approach specifically the descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The sample population for the study was made up of 20 pedagogic staff from the Regional Delegation, 20 from the Divisional Delegation, 20 from the Inspectorates, 200 head teachers and 300 teachers from both regions. The purposive and simple random sampling techniques was adopted for the study. The instruments use for data collection were a questionnaire (closed ended questions) for Teachers and Head teachers and an interview guide for regional delegation staff, divisional delegation staff and inspectorate staff. Data from the close ended questions was analysed using SPSS 23.0, with the aid of descriptive and inferential statistical tools while open ended questions were analysed thematically. The hypotheses of the study were tested using Chi-square test. Statistically, findings showed that head teachers and teachers did not significantly differ in their perception on the bi-cultural tradition of the country acting as a barrier to the harmonization of the curriculum for primary education (P=0.270, >0.05) whereby majority of the head teachers 154 (76.9%) and teachers 214 (71.4%) strongly agree and agree that the bi-cultural tradition of the country is a barrier to the harmonization of the curriculum for primary education while a minority of the head teachers 46 (23.1%) and teachers 86 (28.6%) disagree and strongly disagree. Statistically, findings showed that head teachers and teachers did not significantly differ in their perception on the fear of assimilation acting as a barrier to the harmonization of the curriculum for primary education. (P=0.555, >0.05) whereby, majority of the head teachers 144 (71.8%) and teachers 222 (74.1%) of almost the same proportion strongly agree and agree that the fear of assimilation is a barrier to the harmonization of the curriculum for primary education while a minority of the head teachers 56 (28.2%) and teachers 78 (25.9%) disagree and strongly disagree. It is generally recommended that, harmonization in its context of preserving cultural patrimony as an objective of multicultural education. Cultural patrimony refers to the sum total of ways of living, including values, beliefs, aesthetic standards, linguistic expression, and patterns of thinking, behavioural norms and styles of communication, which a group of people have developed to assure its survival in a particular physical and human environment.