Are Questions Enough?: An Action Research Investigation to Analyze the Effect of Questions and Non-Verbal Behaviors on Student Responses with Suggestions for Improving Practice

Authors

Ben Herman, Iowa State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Action research has been advocated as an effective way to improve teaching practice. I conducted action research to determine the effect of question type and non-verbal behaviors on students' responses. Question type in conjunction with non-verbal behaviors are crucial considerations when motivating quality responses from students in science classrooms. This article addresses National Science Education Standards A and G and Iowa Teaching Standards 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.

Publication Date

Fall 2008

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

35

Issue

3

First Page

12

Last Page

16

Copyright

© Copyright 2008 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Herman, Ben (2008) "Are Questions Enough?: An Action Research Investigation to Analyze the Effect of Questions and Non-Verbal Behaviors on Student Responses with Suggestions for Improving Practice," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 35: No. 3, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol35/iss3/5