Title An Analysis of teacher Questioning in the Classroom
Title (croatian) Analiza pitanja koja nastavnici postavljaju u razredu
Author Kristina Vuleta
Mentor Anna Martinović (mentor)
Committee member Anna Martinović (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee member Ivo Fabijanić (član povjerenstva)
Committee member Lidija Štrmelj (član povjerenstva)
Granter University of Zadar (Department of English) Zadar
Defense date and country 2017-03-28, Croatia
Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline HUMANISTIC SCIENCES Philology Anglistics
Abstract Classroom interaction refers to any type of social interaction between the members in the learning process. There are various interaction patterns such as IRF (Initiation-Response- Feedback) structure, teacher talk, collaboration, group and pair work, teacher questioning and other. The focal point of this research was teacher questioning, more precisely, the analysis of questions that teachers ask in elementary schools and high schools. For the purpose of this research, class observations were carried out and, the data was analyzed using Ur’s (2012) classification for questions. The classification was based on the communicative authenticity of questions and included genuine and display questions. Length of response and number of expected responses were additional categories. For the second part of the analysis, collected sets of questions and answers were ranked in order of complexity of students’ responses so that the first set was the least challenging and the last one was the most challenging to the students, based on the observation task “The language of questions” in Wajnryb (1992/2012) The results showed that in elementary schools there was a greater frequency in the use of lowerorder questions (72%) compared to higher-order questions (28%). On the other hand, in high schools lower-order questions accounted for 54% of the total number of questions compared to 46% in the use of higher-order questions. The analysis of question-and-answer sets showed that that the more complex questions and answers are in each set, the higher the frequency of higherorder questions. According to this research, in both elementary and high schools the complexity of the response depended on the type of questions posed by the teacher. The analysis of the purposes for teacher questioning showed that in high schools there were more questions that stimulated thinking and encouraged self-expression than in elementary schools.
Abstract (croatian) Interakcija u razredu odnosi se na bilo koji način društvene interakcije između članova u procesu učenja. Postoje različiti uzorci interakcije poput IRF (Initiation-Response-Feedback) strukture, govora nastavnika, suradničkog učenja, grupnog rada i rada u paru, kao i pitanja koja nastavnici postavljaju. U središtu ovog rada bila su pitanja koja nastavnici postavljaju, točnije, analiza pitanja koja nastavnici postavljaju u osnovnim i srednjim školama. U svrhu ovog istraživanja provedena su promatranja u razredu, a podatci su analizirani koristeći klasifikaciju pitanja koju je predstavila Ur (2012). Klasifikacija se temelji na komunikacijskoj autentičnosti pitanja, a uključuje opća pitanja i pitanja o konkretnom znanju. Dodatne kategorije su duljina pitanja i broj očekivanih odgovora. U drugom dijelu analize prikupljeni setovi pitanja i odgovora su svrstani po složenosti učeničkih odgovora tako da prvi set predstavlja najmanji izazov, a posljednji predstavlja najveći izazov učenicima, temeljeno na zadatku promatranja „The language of questions“ predstavljen u Wajnryb (1992/2012). Rezultati su pokazali da se u osnovnim školama češće koriste pitanja nižeg reda (72%) u usporedbi s pitanjima višeg reda (28%). Nadalje, u srednjim školama pitanja nižeg reda čine 54% ukupnog broja pitanja u usporedbi s 46% koje čine pitanja višeg reda. Analiza setova pitanja i odgovora pokazala je da što su pitanja i odgovori složeniji, pitanja višeg reda su zastupljenija. Prema ovom istraživanju i u osnovnim i u srednjim školama složenost odgovora ovisi o tipu pitanja koje nastavnik postavlja. Analiza razloga zbog kojih nastavnici postavljaju pitanja pokazala je da se u srednjim školama postavlja više pitanja koja potiču razmišljanje i samoizražavanje nego u osnovnim školama.
Keywords
classroom interaction
teacher questioning
differences between elementary and high school teacher questions
Keywords (croatian)
interakcija u razredu
pitanja nastavnika
razlike između pitanja koja postavljaju nastavnici u osnovnim i srednjim školama
Language english
URN:NBN urn:nbn:hr:162:884823
Study programme Title: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teaching, Research Course: Teaching Study programme type: university Study level: graduate Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
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