Questions+that+Challenge

Questions that challenge student thinking . ..
Why? 5 Whys What would happen if. . . ? How can we plan to avoid. . . ? Who should be responsible for. . . ? Why did. . . ? What can you do about. . . ? How would you feel if. . . ? What possible reasons might there be for. . . ? What evidence do you have to support your view that. . . ? How could you gather evidence to support / challenge the view that. . . ?

Socratic Questions

 * Questions of Clarification**
 * What do you mean by that?
 * Can you give me an example?
 * Questions that probe assumptions**
 * What is being assumed?
 * Why would somebody say that?
 * Questions that probe reason and evidence**
 * What are your reasons for saying that?
 * What criteria do you base that argument on?
 * Questions that probe implications and consequences**
 * What might be the consequences of behaving like that?
 * Do you think you might be jumping to conclusions?
 * Questions about viewpoints or perspectives**
 * What would be another way of saying that?
 * How do Maria’s ideas differ from Peter’s
 * Questions about questions**
 * How is that question going to help us?
 * Can you think of any other questions that might be useful?