Ch. 10: Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers

While 'discrepant events' are a great way to stimulate student interests, quesioning should focus on what is important instead of what is unusual. Focus questioning on HOTS: Higher Order Thinking Skills, rather than simple recall of facts. The authors offer a number of question stems that help illicit HOTS on pages 114-116. Teachers should provide appropriate 'wait time' after asking questions to allow students to process and to fomulate a response. Advance organizers are a nice way to focus on these areas and stimulate student thought. These advance organizers should be flexible and allow students to develop ways to organize information for themselves. A number of advance organizer ideas are listed on pages 118-120.