Questions

=QUESTIONS=

~Art Costa & Bob Garmston || 1)    Reflection precedes insight.    2)    Supports generating possibilities. 3)   Creates awareness of something.    4)    Encourages inquiry and decision making. 5)   Gains clarity.   ·   What goals do you have?   ·   What are some possible reasons for ….?   ·   What are some strategies you might consider?   ·   What might be your thoughts about…?   ·   What are some of the possibilities…?   ·   What are your hunches about…?   ·   What would happen if…?   ·   What connections have you made to….?   ·   What resources…people or things—have been most useful, helpful, etc.?   ·   What ‘next step’ fro you could be evolutionary?   ·   As you consider best practice, what strategies might you use to achieve your goal?   ·   As you examine the data, what are some of the similarities and differences that are emerging?   ·   As you consider alternative strategies, what seems most promising?   ·   What might you want to be aware of in yourself as you implement ….?   ·   How has this conversation been helpful to you?   ·   Of all the possibilities, what might be most effective? ·  What might be some strategies you have used before that were effective? ·  What might be some of your choices? ·  How might your actions enhance student learning? ·  Over what factors might you have most control? ·  What might be some strategies you considered before deciding on these? ·  How might these strategies support student learning in other settings? ·  What are your hunches about how the students will view this lesson? ·  What are some of your predictions about how this lesson will go? **__Craftsmanship__** ·  What will guide your decisions about_? ·  As you rehearse this lesson in your mind, what does it look/sound like? ·  What’s the best that could happen with this lesson? ·  What might be happening simultaneously? ·  How long are you anticipating will take? ·  What criteria might you use to determine when to use another strategy? ·  What might be the long-and short-term effects of __?__ ·  What might you need to do to be the best prepared you can be for this lesson? Interdependence __ ·  What might be the primary value of this lesson/strategy to your students? ·  What kind of help might be useful to you with this lesson? ·  Who else might support you with this lesson?
 * “Skillful cognitive coaches apply specific strategies to enhance another person’s perceptions, decisions, and intellectual functions. Changing these inner thought processes is prerequisite to improving over behaviors that, in turn, enhance student learning.”
 * __ Why ask questions? __**
 * __ Plural Forms, positive presuppositions, exploratory/tentative language: __**
 * __ Efficacy __**
 * __ Flexibility __**
 * __ Craftsmanship __**

1)    **//Believe//** in another’s ability to grow and excel.    3)    Use **//intentional language//** that aligns with trust and belief in others. ~Kathy Kee ||
 * ** The most effective COACH must: **
 * 2)   ** Recognize that **//advice is toxic.//**