High School History Classroom Questioning The Practice Of Thinking

The domestic researches made recently shows that the average of the questioning made by the middle and primary school teachers per class covers 56%. That is to say almost half of the questioning are of no effect. In connection with this, the writer do some researches about questioning, which are considered as one method to improve teaching.First, the article is concerned with basis of questioning in class and even a teaching method, Meanwhile, The article involves the characteristic of history subject which is the position of history teaching in middle school and its knowledge system. At last, It illustrates to us the problems which teachers need to pay attention to in class. Second, the whole text combines the practice of history teaching to expound the design of mid-school history questions in class and the skills of useful questioning. In my opinion when we design the questions, we should follow the effective rules. That is distinct aims, to stimulate interests, use questions, analyze questions, conclude questions and synthesize questions. However ingenious the designed questions are, teachers should master the skills of questioning. On condition that you do so, you can receive the expected results. So the text expounds the art of questioning. The skills of effective questioning includes the following elements: Firstly, the degree of considering, make sure of the level of the questions; Secondly, various types, put forward different questions of different levels according to different students; Thirdly, questioning for all the students, pay close attention to individuals; Fourthly, be patient and careful, be able to control the waiting time and offer enough time to the students to think; Fifthly, fully encouraging, give the proper evaluation to students'answers.Finally, the text shows the contrast results between the experiential classes and the common classes, which the author get through the whole year's practice. The list can prove the fact that paying more attention to design and skills of questioning can improve the quality of teaching. And it tells the functions of questioning in history class. The followings are the uses: Firstly, it is helpful to stimulate the interests of students and draw their attention so that students develop their main functions; Secondly, it's good for students to improve their thinking, to train their courage of exploding and elaborate their abilities of creation; Thirdly, it's easier for the teachers to control the process of teaching and elaborate teacher's main function in class; Fourthly, it's good for students to master effective study methods and improve their study ability. Meanwhile the text also tells us the shortcomings of the questioning in class. It exposes at the two expects: the content of teaching and questioning methods.