Click on the blue text above to follow us. Children are naturally curious. Jack Welch said, “Curiosity inspires your action and opens up your path forward.
” And the most obvious manifestation of a child’s curiosity is their love for asking questions. Educator Lev Vygotsky once said, “The more questions a child asks, the more they will know about their surroundings in early childhood.
The smarter they are in school, the clearer their eyes, and the sharper their memory. To cultivate their child’s intelligence, you must teach them to think.
” It can be seen that children who love to ask questions will have stronger learning abilities. Children who frequently ask questions demonstrate many advantages in their studies.
Children who love to ask questions are more proactive in learning. Because asking questions means they have a strong curiosity and exploratory desire for knowledge, no longer passive containers for receiving knowledge, but active seekers of knowledge.
When children have questions in their minds, they will actively browse books, search for information, and ask others for answers.
During this process, the initiative to learn is fully stimulated. Children who love to ask questions are more focused in their studies.
In the classroom or learning process, if children listen and read with questions, they will be more focused on finding clues and answers to the problems, and their attention will not be easily distracted, naturally improving their learning efficiency.
Children who love to ask questions have higher learning quality. A good question often guides children to think deeply about the essence, internal logic, and application methods of knowledge, and to understand knowledge from multiple perspectives.
This is much more effective than simply memorizing by rote, allowing children to truly grasp knowledge and apply it flexibly.
We do not evaluate low-level questions, but we can praise children’s high-level questions. There are two types of questioning: low-level questioning and high-level questioning.
Low level questioning mainly focuses on simple inquiries about basic knowledge, which generally do not require too much thinking.
The answers are easy to answer or can be easily checked. For example, “In which year did Emperor Qin Shi Huang unify the six states.
” “What is 1+2 equal to. Advanced questioning requires the respondent to engage in deeper thinking, which involves advanced cognitive processes such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of knowledge, requiring the questioner to first think deeply.
We advocate for children to engage in advanced questioning. Only high-level questioning can open up children’s thinking, stimulate deep thinking, and engage in in-depth exploration.
There are three situations for high-level questioning: posing exploratory questions such as “Why do birds fly.
” “What insights does Qin Shihuang’s strategy of unifying the six states provide for modern state governance.
” This is their curious exploration of the world, entering the realm of critical thinking and knowledge transfer: posing hypothetical questions such as “What would the world be like without friction.
” “If plants could speak, what would they tell us. ” This is the germ of creative thinking; Propose viewpoint based questions, such as “I don’t think the protagonist in this story should do this, do you think.
” “What do you think about helping the elderly being deceived. ” This is a manifestation of their independent thinking.
Giving affirmation and encouragement to these questions, recognizing their viewpoints, can enhance children’s confidence and desire to express themselves, and improve their higher-order learning ability.
It is recommended to use the “K-W-L Chart” tool to organize problems. This tool was initially learned from a colleague’s science teacher.
During the project-based learning of “How to make nutritious Chinese food for less than 15 yuan”, I found the problem to be particularly clear, and it is also easy to use in the Chinese language subject.
Encourage children to use this tool more often, filter out low-level questions, and ask effective questions.
K “stands for” What I Know “, which refers to the knowledge known to the child; W “stands for” What I Want to Know “, which is a question that children want to know; L “stands for” What I Learned “, which is the new knowledge that children summarize after learning.
Through such charts, children can clearly organize their learning process, clarify their thinking goals and directions, and make their questions more targeted and systematic.
(Image from the internet) For example, before learning a new text, children can write down their existing understanding of the author, genre, etc.
in the “K” column, write down their questions about the plot, theme, etc. in the “W” column, and after learning, fill in the new knowledge learned from the text and answers to previous questions in the “L” column.
This tool not only helps children learn specific knowledge better, but also cultivates their good study habits and thinking patterns, allowing their questioning ability to be more effectively utilized, thereby enhancing their higher-order learning ability.
Wuhao Qixin is like a key that opens the door to interest. Scientifically using this key can open the door for children to understand the world.
As parents, we should encourage our children’s curiosity about things and try our best to satisfy their valuable curiosity.
Let us value children’s questioning ability and use encouraging words and effective tools to stimulate their deep desire and pursuit of knowledge.
Because every child has a seed of exploration hidden in their heart, and our guidance and encouragement will make this seed grow into a towering tree under the nourishment of questioning, blooming with the flowers and fruits of advanced learning ability.
END’s previous recommended education is to enhance non intellectual factors and stimulate children’s learning motivation.
Education is that when communicating with children, adults must first prepare themselves. To learn well, let children calm down.
Education is to face conflicts with children. In the last two weeks of the final semester, strive to improve grades.
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