Process Questions

Process Questions are meant to be a tool to promote thinking in our children.

Questions that FOCUS ATTENTION

-Have you seen...?

-Do you notice....?

-What is it...?

-What's that?

-Look at this

-Come and see

-How can you find out?

Questions that FORCE COMPARISON

-How many...?

-How long...?

-How often....?

-How much....?

-When have you done something like this before?

-How is _____________ different/like _____________?

Questions that SEEK CLARIFICATION

-What do you mean by...?

-Can you explain further

-Tell us more

-Can you give us an example

-Can you show me?

-Can you put it another way?

-What else did they do?

-Can you be more specific?

-What do you think the problem is?

Questions that INVITE FURTHER INQUIRY

-What do you need to know?

-How can we find out?

-Can you find a way to...?

-What would happen if...?

-What do you think?

-What happened last time?

-How did you feel when?

-What are you assuming?

-What do we need to do next?

-When is another time you need to...?

Questions that SEEK REASON OR EXPLANATION

-Yes, that's right, but how do you know that's right?

-How did you know that?

-Why did you say that?

-What are your reasons?

-Tell me how you did that?

-What is your evidence?

***Why do you think that? (the answer to this question is always right-even if there is a flaw in the child's thinking-the child knows what s/he thinks and to find this out we need to ask the child.

*Notes taken from Wisdom's Mediated Learning course