Personalized questioning can be used to deepen student thinking, challenge assumptions, and encourage the development of ideas from different perspectives. Effective questioning gives students opportunities to answer, see others' thinking, discuss in pairs or groups, and feel safe while considering questions. It also stimulates more questions and reveals student misconceptions to further learning.

1. Personalised Questioning:
What’s the big picture?
to deepen thinking
to challenge
t o access mat er i al f r om
a di f f er ent per spect i ve
to generate more questions
to encourage development of ideas
to reveal any
misconceptions
to make links
to give opportunity to
Reflect on own ideas

2. Questioning succeeds when...
 All learners get the chance to answer (rally table, jot thoughts, centrepiece)
 Learners can see how others are thinking (showdown consensus)
Teachers gain information about thinking and learning
Learners have the time to consider their answers (timed pair share)
Learners have time to discuss and follow up on the answers (three step interview)
The answers are not always clear-cut (carousel feedback)
Learners feel safe to answer (pairs compare)
Questions stimulate more questions (send a problem)
Questions stimulate thinking (ask the expert)
(Ideas in brackets are cooperative structures that could be used to good effect for this type
of questioning)

3. this is the answer...what is the question
Fear
t he weat her
sol at i on
t he sea bi r ds
t he sounds hear d

4. If Father was a type of food
what would he be and why?