Whether they come from a student or the teacher questions are an important part of helping the students understand the materials better, and help open class discussion for new thoughts and ideas. As educators, and future ones, we need to understand the two different types of questions we ask our students. There is the closed-ended question that allows the student to give a simple answer such as "true or false", and does not open the option of further discussion. The other type of question, the open-ended question, is the one that all educators need to learn and understand. This type of question forces the students to think and give reason as to why they chose to answer the question the way they did. This in turn can cause the class to disagree and for debates and help the other students understand how their class came up the answer they gave as well.
Patrick, I agree with you that everyone should know how to ask open-ended questions. It's important to start classroom discussions, and that will only happen if the teacher asks the right question to start it. I really enjoyed reading your blog, although I feel like it could be elaborated on, you hit all the main points. Good job. :)
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