Purposeful Questioning with High Cognitive–Demand Tasks

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Allyson Hallman-Thrasher Ohio University in Athens, Ohio

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We share ideas for preparing for and enacting high-cognitive demand tasks in ways that support students in articulating and justifying their ideas. We offer strategies for developing and posing several types of purposeful questions: (1) eliciting thinking, (2) generating ideas, (3) clarifying explanations, and (4) justifying claims.

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Two planning tools as well as examples from preservice teachers show how to support students in articulating and justifying their ideas.

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