Why Ask? Questioning Strategies in the Classroom

Through my experiences at Southern Miss, I have learned the value of asking meaningful questions.  I do not think I was ever taught as a young student to create questions that helped me comprehend the material.  Most questions I was asked were straight forward memorization questions.  I have learned a lot about the different questioning strategies that were mentioned in the text.  We learned about almost everyone of these last semester.  The two I was unfamiliar with are SQ4R and SQRQCQ.  I will definitely use these strategies in my classsroom.  I think the Re-quest, QtA, and SQ3R can all be very beneficial.  Teachers can make these strategies fun and interesting enough to grab the students' attention, and in the end teach them how to create good comprehension questions.  I like these strategies because they do teach students how to think and become independent learners.  I think these strategies will be playing a bigger role with students creating more higher-order questions with the implemation of the Common Core Standards. 

Note Taking

This was a very interesting chapter on note taking and note making skills. I have never been taught how to take notes. I have just come up with my own system. I can see where it would be beneficial to teach your students the different types of note taking strategies. The difference between note taking and note making is that note taking involves students writing notes from lectures or class discussion, and note making involves students making notes from written material such as text book. This chapter had some really interesting ways of taking notes. I have never heard of dictoglos. I am not really into this strategy because to me it seems kind of pointless. However, I did like the outline framework for mathematics, the DNA and computer-assisted outline, and the Cornell method. I really like the idea of the split-page format of the Cornell method.  I think it really gives the students a good outline, but allows them to be creative at the same time.  My question is, notes are for the benefit of the student, how can we really put a grade on that?