From: "Dr. Rachel Segev-Miller" aki_seg@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: LESSON PLAN ON THE OLYMPICS & LESSON PLANS IN GENERAL Dear Barry and ALL, I suggest that in general ["even" in the case of weak classes] the teacher does not ask the questions - rather, the teachers should use the topic - very relevant and interesting for all students, I believe - to teach them how to ask questions, and what good questions are. See: My 2003 article What’s new about questions? in the ETAI Forum, XIV, 26-29, and Harpaz, Y., & Lefstein, A. (2000). Communities of thinking. Educational Leadership, 58 (3), 54-57 on the "questioning pedagogy". Rachel (alias Aki) Dr. Rachel Segev-Miller The English Department, The Center of Academic Literacy, & The M.Ed. Program in Interdisciplinary Education Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts; & The M.Ed. Programs in Language Education & Learning and Instruction Levinsky College of Education Tel-Aviv, Israel tel. (w) +972-3-6902362; (h) +972-9-9571560 email: aki_seg@xxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------