This chapter examines questioning strategies and the ways music teachers can integrate requirements of evaluation systems to improve student participation, learning, and understanding. These improvements may be achieved while still preserving music making, skill building, and effective rehearsal strategies. First the chapter describes the connection between questioning and teacher evaluation. Then it discusses the importance of asking questions and addresses some concerns music teachers often have about asking questions. The chapter identifies the different types of questions teachers might ask and how to word them, then provides strategies to respond to students’ answers in the “third turn.” It concludes by offering strategies to implement and sequence questioning techniques in a lesson plan, including ways to “layer” questions. Sample lesson plans implementing effective questioning strategies are included in the second half of the chapter.
Appendix E: Adlerian Questioning Strategies for Kinetic Drawings