Aspects of Technology
 : Pätaihia Mai – Ask Me Questions
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Approach: One to one  

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Focus: Developing questions suited to a goal
Resources:   None
Questions/instructions:
Mai i te wä i tae mai ahau, kua möhio haere au ki ngä körero mö töu kura. Inäianei me möhio anö koe ki ëtahi o ngä körero mö te kura e mahi ana ahau.
Whakaarohia ëtahi pätai pai e 5, neke ake ränei, ka pätai mai
ai hei whakautu mäku. Me äta whakaaro ö pätai i te tuatahi.
Tukuna he wä whakaaroaro. Whakautua ngä pätai a te äkonga. Whakahautia te äkonga kia 5, nui ake ränei äna pätai.
1. Ka rawe ënä pätai.
    He aha koe i whakaaro ai ki ënä pätai?		 I’ve got to know a little bit about your school since I’ve been here. Now it’s your turn to find out about the school where I (used to) work.
Try to think of five or more interesting questions to ask me, and I’ll try to answer them for you. If you want, you can take a little time to think about the questions first.
Allow time. Answer questions. Encourage the student to ask at least five questions.
1. Those were interesting questions.
    Can you tell me why you wanted to ask those questions?
 
% responses
Number of questions:
5 or more
73
3–4
25
1–2
2
0
0
Relevance to the set task:
all relevant
76
mostly relevant
14
some relevant
8
none relevant
2
Extent to which set of questions encouraged extended responses?
very strongly (most or all questions)
4
quite strongly
10
moderately
29
very little/not at all
57
To what extent did later questions respond to earlier answers?
strongly
14
moderately
27
very little/not at all
59
Overall, how suitable were the questions for finding out about the teacher’s school?
very suitable
8
quite suitable
39
somewhat suitable
43
not suitable
10
Total score:
10–12
14
 
8–9
37
6–7
35
4–5
12
0–3
2
Commentary:
Most students asked five or more relevant questions, which predominantly favoured very brief responses and were not strongly related to earlier answers. Only about half of the questions were judged to be clearly suitable to the purpose.
 
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