Questions to check recall of information students should already know:
Did you notice …?
What happened when …?
How many …?
What did you find …?
Have you seen …?
What causes …?
What do we already know about …?
Questions to help a student see relationships between things:
What is the difference between … and …?
How are … and … similar?
Compare … and … with respect to?
How does … relate to what we learned before about …?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of …?
How does … affect …?
Questions that encourage application of knowledge:
What is a new example of …?
How would you use … to …?
What are some possible solutions for …?
Explain why …?
Explain how …?
Why is … important?
What is the meaning of …?
What is the best … and why is it the best?
Questions to promote reflection and speculation:
What might happen if …?
If we wanted to do … instead, how could … be used?
Can you find a way to …?
If … was altered, what do you predict would happen?
[Adapted from Chalmers & Fuller (1995); Kauffman (1997)]
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