This type of student - led discussion — based on Socrates» method of student inquiry rather than teacher lecture —
elicits student ownership,
deep thinking, critical
questioning (PDF), academic vocabulary usage, and a rooted sense of community.
Today's assessments — EOC, STAAR, SAT, PSAT, AP and district benchmarks — require that teachers have the ability to create and pose
questions to students in order to engage them and
elicit deeper - level thinking about the subject under discussion Skillful us of the art of
questioning is one of the basic skills of good teaching.