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Using Questioning to Guide Student Thinking

van Zee, Emily, Minstrell, Jim·1997·Journal of the Learning Sciences
DOI 10.1207/s15327809jls0602_3
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This case study analyzes ways in which an experienced physics teacher uses questioning to guide student thinking during a benchmark discussion about measurement. Interactional issues involve ways of speaking: Why the teacher decided to ask what he did, when he did, of whom, in what way, and for what purpose. Conceptual issues involves ways of thinking: How students seemed to understand measurement concepts such as calculating an average value. We define a particular kind of question, a reflective toss, that the teacher uses to try to give students responsibility for thinking. A reflective toss sequence typically consists of a student statement, teacher question, and additional student statements. This unit of analysis directs attention to ways in which a teacher question influences student thinking. We analyze reflective tosses in terms of the immediate action plans they instantiated, the emergent goals they served, anal underlying beliefs they embodied during an episode that involved the public refinement of a student's ideas. We propose that teachers may shift toward more reflective discourse by asking questions that help students to make their meanings clear, to consider various points of view in a neutral manner, and to monitor the discussion and their own thinking.

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Authors
van Zee, E., & Minstrell, J.
Affiliations
University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Venue
Journal of the Learning Sciences
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
1997-04
Volume
6
Issue
2
Pages
227-269
ISSN
  • 1050-8406 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-7809
DOI
10.1207/s15327809jls0602_3
OpenAlex
W2091292358
Cited by
342
References
53
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FWCI
42.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Journal of the Learning Sciences (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • American Educational Research Association
  • University of Washington
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Science Education and Pedagogy
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
  • Social Sciences › Education › Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques
Keywords
teacher questioning, student thinking, physics education, measurement concepts, classroom discourse, teacher beliefs, action plan

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