Questioning as a Tool to Instill Reasoning Skills among Seventh Grade Students in Science Subject

Abstract

Scientific and technological development is crucial for progress and itsplanning begins in the classroom by teaching Science to nascent minds.Though, teaching mastery in understanding Science is an ongoingchallenge and Pakistan is committed to teaching students to excel in theirunderstanding of scientific and technological development. Developmentof understanding in Science requires the use of reasoning skills whichneeds to be inculcated among students. The aim of this study is to use thequestioning method to develop reasoning skills among seventh-gradestudents in science subject. The questioning method is a strategy whichcan encourage students to think and improve their reasoning skills. Twointact groups of seventh-grade students were selected randomly ascontrol and experimental groups. It was a three-month interventionwhich consisted of three phases. Separate pre-test/post-test was given foreach phase of the study. After the intervention, posttest scores of bothgroups for the three phases of the research were compared. Majorfindings of the study addressed the efficacy of questioning asinstructional pedagogy for the development of reasoning skills in grade 7students in Science subject.