期刊名称：International Journal of English and Education
印刷版ISSN：2278-4012
出版年度：2019
卷号：8
期号：3
页码：1-9
出版社：Brahmaputra Publishing House
摘要：Asking effective questions in the class improves students’ critical thinking skills. The
following research used class observations and audio recording of five college instructors who
teach at an undergraduate level at the college of Education (Aden) at the University of Aden to
find out the types of questions most dominant in this context. It was found that the majority of the
questions asked by teachers were of the knowledge and comprehension check types (lower-order
thinking questions). A few teachers asked analytical questions; however, questions that required
students to synthesize and evaluate information seemed to be absent in this context (higher-order
thinking questions). In light of these findings, the following research recommends that for
teachers to fully and appropriately utilize effective questioning in their teaching contexts, a
workshop on effective questioning strategies needs to be conducted at the English department so
as to raise instructors’ awareness of using effective questioning.
关键词：critical thinking; questioning; Aden University
