Socratic Method

Socratic MethodWhat is the Socratic MethodFocus on giving students questions, not answersUses creative questions to take apart and make students wonder whyStart with questions that student know the answer ~Create curiosity to students

allows the student to think about important concepts in a new lightKBAT /HOTS QUESTIONSstrategies using modern socratic methodKeep the discussion focusedKeep the discussion intellectually Stimulate the discussion with probing questionsRelates the questions with the conceptsDraw as many students as possible into the discussion.how?We can question goals and purposes. We can probe into the nature of the question, problem, or issue that is on the floor. We can analyze key concepts and ideas. We can question assumptions being made. We can ask students to trace out the implications and consequences of what they are saying. We can consider alternative points of view.exampleWhat is photosynthesis ? Why plants need to do photosynthesis? How about animals and human? How about non green plant? Mushroom? Aquatic plant?Do they have chlorophyll? If not how they get nutrients? Do you think important for plants to do photosynthesis? Why?How do you know whether the plants do photosynthesis or not?

exampleList down all prime numbers from 10 to 30 ? 11,13, 17, 19, 23, 29Why 27 is not prime number?Can fraction become prime number for example ? why?

# math has a bit difficulty for using Socrates method for lower & middle level~ suggest using other methods

other methods (suggestion)Use dramatizations. Invite students pretend to be in a ball (sphere) or box (rectangular prism), feeling the faces, edges, and corners and to dramatize simple arithmetic problems

Use technology.simulation or games