Questioning Strategies for Teaching the Gifted ... (ISBN 1593630190)

Book Description:
In order to stimulate creative development among gifted students, the use of questioning techniques has proven to be a successful strategy for encouraging purposeful inquiry. Students need to learn to generate alternatives in solving real-world problems, and teachers can help them do this by regularly incorporating divergent questions in the classroom. Teachers can incorporate questions effectively by knowing the various purposes, types, and intended outcomes and by establishing a classroom climate that promotes active engagement, exploration, and inquiry to further student achievement. Learn to generate classroom or small group discussions that challenge students to think critically and creatively. Elizabeth Shaunessy offers classroom-tested strategies for developing questions and activities that challenge students to think in new ways. Create a mutually respectful classroom climate and design appropriate questions to elicit higher level thinking from your students. This is one of the books in Prufrock Press' popular Practical Strategies Series in Gifted Education. This series offers a unique collection of tightly focused books that provide a concise, practical introduction to important topics concerning the education of gifted children. The guides offer a perfect beginner's introduction to key information about gifted and talented education. Educational Resource

Insubstantial content:
The book doesn't addresses its own title as the questioning strategies and models proposed inside can be applied to all learners, not just the gifted and talented. Shaunessy fails to tease out the nuances of how the gifted and talented ought to be addressed in class. The chapter on "Questioning the Validity and Reliability of Information" consists of a mere 1 page of information with 3 paragraphs of citations of what authors have written about validity and reliability. Chapters are lightweight and lack depth. If you're looking for a good book on questioning strategies, you're better off finding the information off the internet and this book is not worth paying the money for. If you're new to teaching and would like a short overview of how to use questions in the classroom, this might offer some insights.