Explicit teaching of questioning in math methods course: Preservice teachers’ attempts to ask probing questions

Abstract

After an explicit unit of core activities on questioning, preservice teachers (PTs) completed an assignment to select a problem-solving task, anticipate student solutions, and plan probing questions. After analyzing PTs’ work, we discovered that, although most PTs planned probing questions, many also planned questions focused on information or procedures. Next steps include exposing PTs to probing questions focused on meanings, context, or representations.