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.