Empowering Students Through Questioning

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As an elementary school teacher, Dr. Mario C. Barbiere's book, Empowering Students Through Questioning: A Guide for Understanding the Skills in Lesson Design and Instruction, has been an extremely useful and informative text. Each chapter offers something enlightening that can be used in everyday planning, differentiating, and instructing for students of all ages and abilities. Additionally, this book has been a helpful tool that myself and colleagues have utilized during Professional Learning Communities. Dr. Barbiere was a professor of mine during my undergraduate studies, and I was fortunate enough to reconnect with him during my graduate studies. His passion for education knows no bounds and he continues to move forward in a progressive style that is second to none. By encouraging teachers to act as facilitators to student-guided instruction and questioning, students are exposed to a higher educational plane that fosters true learning. Barbiere's methods are practical and innovative, and I can see his methodology offering students their greatest opportunities for success. As a former mentee and employee of Dr. Barbiere, I have witnessed the impact that effective questioning practices have on a multitude of student learners. These types of techniques have been successful in various school settings, grade levels, and student ability levels. What's unique about Dr. Barbiere's approach is that through higher order questioning, students gain the necessary skills to build confidence and think critically resulting in self-regulated learning. As a school administrator, I have coached many staff members and have seen a significant change in students' ability to overcome challenges on their own using many of Dr. Barbiere's techniques. I am fully confident that proper implementation of these techniques can yield positive effects on student learning within your classroom and/or school district as it has done in mine.