INVESTIGATION OF CLASS TEACHERS’ OPINIONS ABOUT QUESTION ASKING SKILL, QUESTIONING STRATEGIES AND QUESTION TYPES

Authors

  • Coşkun Küçüktepe Assoc. Prof., Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey orcid.org/0000-0003-3908-964X
  • Emre Çakmakcı Teacher, Ministry of National Education, Istanbul, Turkey orcid.org/0000-0003-1632-8812

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v8i2.3599

Keywords:

class teacher, question asking skill, question types, questioning strategies

Abstract

In the current study, it was aimed to determine the opinions of primary school class teachers about their question asking skill, questioning strategies and the question types they use. The study employed the survey model, one of the qualitative research methods. In line with the purpose of the study, interviews were conducted with 52 primary school class teachers working in state and private schools in the Büyükçekmece district of the city of İstanbul. The data collected with a semi-structured interview form were analyzed by using the descriptive and content analysis methods. According to the results of the study, it was concluded that while determining the purposes of the questions they ask, the primary school class teachers mostly focus on evaluation, that the types of questions they use do not go beyond measuring the information possessed by students, that they think that the main advantage of asking questions is receiving feedbacks, that they think that knowing question asking strategies enables the teacher to improve the quality in education and that they think that the questions asked should be in compliance with the subjects and objectives. In light of these findings, it can be suggested that seminars and in-service training about question asking strategies should be given to teachers.

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Author Biographies

  • Coşkun Küçüktepe, Assoc. Prof., Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey orcid.org/0000-0003-3908-964X
    Coşkun Küçüktepe is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the Hasan Ali Yücel Education Faculty of İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa.
  • Emre Çakmakcı, Teacher, Ministry of National Education, Istanbul, Turkey orcid.org/0000-0003-1632-8812
    Emre Çakmakcı is working as a class teacher in Büyükçekmece Atatürk Primary School in the Büyükçekmece district in the city of İstanbul. At the same time, he is a student at the Elementary Teaching Graduate Program of the Graduate Education Institute of İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa.

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2021-02-24

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