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 : Ask Me Questions
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Approach: One to one Level: 4 & 8 
Focus:   Developing questions suited to a goal 
Resources: None
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Questions/instructions:
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.

% responses
y4
y8
1. Those were interesting questions.
    Can you tell me why you wanted to ask those questions?		    
Number of questions:
5 or more
82 87
 
3–4
13 12
1–2
4 1
0
1 0
Relevance to the set task:
all relevant
61 66
 
mostly relevant
21 21
some relevant
15 11
none relevant
3 2
Extent to which set of questions encouraged extended responses?
   
very strongly (most or all questions)
0 3
 
quite strongly
5 12
moderately
20 25
very little/not at all
75 60
To what extent did later questions respond to earlier answers?    
 
strongly
4 7
moderately
19 28
very little/not at all
77 65
Overall, how suitable were the questions for finding out about the teacher’s school?    
 
very suitable
6 12
quite suitable
34 41
somewhat suitable
51 42
not suitable
9 5
Total score:
10–12
5 12
 
8–9
31 41
6–7
43 34
4–5
17 11
0–3
4 2
Commentary:
Year 8 students were a little more effective than year 4 students, mainly because their questions tended to encourage to a greater extent more elaborated responses from the teachers.
 
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