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Question and statement starters are tools used by teachers to facilitate discussions and critical thinking among students. They provide frameworks for students to formulate questions and engage with material. Examples of question starters encourage student-centered questions, while statement starters help students express their own ideas and perspectives.

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Question Starters Example

Question and statement starters are tools used by teachers to facilitate discussions and critical thinking among students. They provide frameworks for students to formulate questions and engage with material. Examples of question starters encourage student-centered questions, while statement starters help students express their own ideas and perspectives.

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Question and Statement Starters

“Question and Statement Starters” are tools used by teachers to facilitate discussions, encourage critical thinking, and
deepen understanding among students. These tools help guide students' thinking by providing a framework for
formulating questions and promoting active engagement with the material.

Here are some examples of:

❖ Question Starters (student-centered questions):


- What do I already know about this?
- What am I trying to learn or understand?
- How does this relate to what I've learned before?
- What evidence supports this idea?
- What are the main points or key concepts?
- Can I explain this in my own words?
- What questions do I have about this?
- Why does this happen?
- How can I test this?
- What are the implications of this?
❖ Statement Starters
- I was curious about . . .
- The difference I noticed was . . .
- The question I had was . . .
- I see it differently . . .
- There was a relationship . . .
- What is problematic for me . . .
- What was challenging . . .
- I would judge it differently . . .
- A plan that might have worked . . .
- That triggered a different idea . . .
- The information I needed was . .
❖ Bloom’s Taxonomy Question Starters

Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create

Recognize, List, Compare, Contrast, Apply, Build, Analyze, Discover, Defend, Determine, Design, Construct,
Describe, Retrieve, Demonstrate, Construct, Develop, Examine, Evaluate, Judge, Produce, Invent,
Name, Find, Match, Describe, Interpret, Experiment with, Inspect, Sequence, Justify, Measure, Combine, Compile,
Recall, Select, Label, Explain, Extend, Make use of, Model, Simplify, Make Recommend, Agree, Formulate, Imagine,
Define Outline, Rephrase, Organize, Plan, Solve, Distinctions, Appraise, Support, Modify, Change,
Summarize, Show, Utilize Relationships, Prove, Disprove, Improve, Elaborate,
Classify Assume, Conclusions Assess, Value Plan, Propose

● What is …? ● What is the main idea ● How would you use …? ● How is ____ related to ● Why do you agree with ● What would happen
● How is …? of …? ● What examples can you …? these actions, if...?
● Where is …? ● How would you find to …? ● Why do you think …? outcomes? ● Can you see a
● When did ___ happen? compare …? contrast …? ● How would you solve ● What conclusions can ● How would you prove possible solution to...?
● How did ___ happen? ● How would you ___ using what you you draw …? …? disprove …? ● Do you agree with the
● What do you recall …? rephrase the meaning have learned …? ● What evidence can you ● How can you assess actions?...with the
● How would you show …? …? ● What would result if …? find …? the value or outcomes?
● Who (what) were the ● What facts or ideas ● What questions would ● What is the importance of …? ● What is your opinion
main …? show …? you ask …? relationship between ● Can you defend the of...?
● What is the definition ● What can you say about ● What approach would …? character’s position ● What do you imagine
of...? …? you use to …? ● How can you make a about...? would have been the
● How would you distinction between …? ● Do you think... is a outcome if... had
summarize …? ● What ideas justify …? good or bad thing? made a different
● Do you believe...? choice?
● What are the ● What would you cite
consequences...? to defend the actions
of...?

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