Debbie DeRoma and Millie Vilaplana

Course Goals:
This course will enable informal science educators to gain a better understanding of questioning strategies and the relationship between effective questioning and the development of students’ higher-order thinking skills. Consequently, participants will increase their confidence in the effectiveness of their science teaching efforts.

Course Objectives:
By the end on this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify effective questioning strategies based on relevant science education research
• Analyze their practices and gauge the level of questioning in their own instruction
• Reformat an existing activity or program to incorporate effective questioning techniques