{"id":864,"date":"2010-11-11T18:04:36","date_gmt":"2010-11-11T23:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/?p=864"},"modified":"2010-11-11T18:04:36","modified_gmt":"2010-11-11T23:04:36","slug":"questioning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/?p=864","title":{"rendered":"Questioning"},"content":{"rendered":"

To me the word question is essential to learning.\u00a0 A learner asks questions and seeks answers.\u00a0 Questioning leads to deeper understanding and increased knowledge. Questioning is essential to growth.<\/p>\n

Over the last few weeks this word had caught my attention in the news, my twitter feed, conversations and my rss reader. Questioning seems to have a more negative connotation then positive in my recent experience. I have been wondering if this impression prevents our students from asking questions.\u00a0 The Merriam-Webster <\/a>online dictionary defines Question as follows.<\/p>\n

1: to ask a question of or about
\n2. to interrogate Intensively: Cross-Examine
\n3: a: Doubt, Distribute
\nb: to subject to analysis: Examine<\/p>\n

The examples listed<\/a> were primarily for the meaning Doubt and Dispute. When we question a decision,\u00a0\u00a0 authority, or idea we use the word to mean we doubt or disagree.\u00a0 Did we actually ask a question?\u00a0 Did we seek to understand why a decision was made?\u00a0 Did we ask about the pros and cons? Did we ask about other options?<\/p>\n

When you are questioned by someone do your defenses go up?\u00a0 Or do you welcome the chance to help someone gain clarification and understanding?\u00a0 Do you learn from the process of answering questions?<\/p>\n

What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To me the word question is essential to learning.\u00a0 A learner asks questions and seeks answers.\u00a0 Questioning leads to deeper understanding and increased knowledge. Questioning is essential to growth. Over the last few weeks this word had caught my attention in the news, my twitter feed, conversations and my rss reader. Questioning seems to have a more negative connotation then positive in my recent experience. I have been wondering if this impression prevents our students from asking questions.\u00a0 The Merriam-Webster…<\/p>\n

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