32 Questions to Help Them Think

When it comes to getting students to think, you can't beat a bit of Socratic dialogue.

Use this list of 32 Thinking Questions to help push everyone beyond the 'guess what's in the teacher's head' game.

And remember, it doesn't have to be teacher asking the questions all the time.

Share the list with the students in your classes and encourage them to question each other.

And get them to question you too.

In a world of fake news and AI, everyone is saying we need to teach young people critical thinking.

This list will help:

1. What do you think?
2. What does that mean to you?
3. What would you do if you were…?
4. What would happen if…?
5. Why do you say that?
6. Do you agree?
7. What does that mean?
8. What would that lead to?
9. Where did that thought come from?
10. Have a guess!?
11. What may happen next?
12. What could an answer be?
13. How would you solve the problem?
14. What do you think it means?
15. What do you feel is right?
16. Who do you feel is right
17. Do you disagree?
18. Why do you think that?
19. Why did they think that?
20. How sure are you that that is the right answer?’
21. What is your solution to…?’
22. How might others see this?
23. Is that your best answer or your first answer?’
24. What could this mean?
25. Does this link with that…?
26. When might that not be true?
27. Where might that not be true?
28. Have another guess?
29. How do you know?
30. What if the opposite were true…?
31. Could the opposite be true?
32. What might be missing here...?

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