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Youth Learn: The Key to Engaging Students in Learning: Asking Good Questions
Explanation of several types of questions, and suggestions for helping students use good questioning techniques in inquiry-based learning. SL.9-10.1c Active Partic
Free Management Library
Map: General Guidelines for Conducting Interviews
Interesting site. Delineates the sequence, topics, and wording for interview questions. Explains the different types of interviews and has useful links to other resources. Although designed for an interviewer, this site should also be...
Biz Move
Biz Move: How to Be a Better Listener
Article on the importance of listening in the business setting. Explains what listening is, gives guidelines, and lists barriers.
College Grad
Job Hunter: The Nonverbal Interview Technique
This article discusses the non-verbal communications skills that need to be mastered in order to succeed in an interview.
University of Victoria (Canada)
Study Zone: Yes/no Questions in the Simple Present Tense
This site explains how to change sentences into simple Yes/No questions. You can actually practice doing this interactively on this site.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Following Directions: Tutorial
In this slideshow tutorial, students will review basics regarding the following of directions on an assessment and/or reading comprehension test. Strategies related to looking for particular words and phrases in a testing situation are...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Judging and Reacting: Tutorial
In this slideshow tutorial, students will review the critical reading techniques of making judgments and forming reactions about what they read. Explanations are given about drawing conclusions, responding to literature, and making...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Planning Your Answer
In this slide show tutorial, students will review how to approach answering short answer and extended response essay questions. Marking strategies examples are included.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Planning Your Answer
In this slide show tutorial, students will review how to approach answering short answer and extended response essay questions. Marking strategies examples are included.
Other
Critical Thinking: Basic Questions & Answers
An interesting interview with Richard Paul discussing what critical thinking means. There are many insights as to what critical thinking involves and how it should be used in the classroom.
Other
How to Analyze a Speech
An interesting approach to how to analyze a speech. Presents a rhetorical pentangle as well as a rhetorical triangle, where each of the vertices represents an item to analyze. There is also an outline of the different areas to examine in...
FNO Press
From Now On: A Questioning Toolkit
What exactly is a "questioning tool kit"? This resource provides techniques for asking essential questions, hypothetical questions, telling questions, planning questions and organizing questions.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Concluding Your Speech
The conclusion of a speech is your last chance to stress your main idea and purpose. How can you make it memorable? Follow these guidelines to write a strong conclusion to a speech.
Other
Storytelling to Assess Speaking and Listening
An effective use of rubrics that encourages the student storyteller how to determine if his/her audience is listening. Learn about the different listening skill rubrics, storytelling rubrics and a self-assessment guide that asks the...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Interviewing
Learn about different types of interviews, how to set up an interview, and important tips to remember during an interview.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: How to Listen Better
Students read a description of what it means to listen respectively. Then they write a brief action plan for becoming a better listener.
Other
Channel 3000: Phone Interviewing Skills Are a Must
This is an article that discusses the importance of phone interviewing skills. It gives some brief advice on things to avoid during such an interview.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Analyzing Literary Devices With a Written Discussion
Students will be able to analyze literary devices by participating in a written discussion. This activity is called "Pass the Paper". Students pass a sheet of paper around the room, with each student adding on. It's just a different way...
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Speaking and Listening: Respond to Ideas and Questions
Excellent guidelines for how to ask and answer questions in order to have a productive group discussion.
BBC
Bbc Bitesize: Listening to Others and Building on Arguments
This resource explains how to listen carefully to someone to identify the points they are trying to make and how to use those points to add additional information to the discussion. Includes sentence starters to help frame what you want...
Edutopia
Edutopia: Establishing a Culture of Questioning
This article discusses establishing a culture of questioning. When students consistently ask meaningful questions, they get comfortable taking the risks that lead to learning. SL.11-12.1c Questions/Part
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Generate Ideas and Questions
This lesson will focus on the writing you do in high school. Whether you write expository and persuasive essays or short stories, your first steps are to determine and define your audience. After that, you will begin to generate ideas...
Kidsource OnLine
Kidsource: How Can Parents Model Good Listening Skills?
Good listening guidelines that parents can model for their children. Also includes suggestions for communicating with children.
Other
Monster.com: The Most Difficult Interview Questions
This resource provides users with difficult interview questions and possible answers. In addition, there are links to related topics.