“Questions reveal far more about children’s thinking than do pat answers, hastily delivered. Questions slow us down and help us focus on what is truly important” (Keene and Zimmerman, 135).
I am working with a student right now who has been struggling with the arts appreciation course. She has a test Thursday and says she is “good” and doesn’t need any help. However, when I ask her what the test is going to be on she replies, “I don’t know, the teacher hasn’t gone over anything really”. I assured her that the teacher definitely thinks they have gone over something in class or she wouldn’t be having a test. I am finding some unique challenges in working with this student that the reading hit upon this week. How do I help her generate questions? The teacher made fun of her at the beginning of the semester and she has since checked out. She isn’t curious about the class, and she isn’t sure if she can trust me enough to admit she is struggling with the material. She needs the same sort of support that Char’s first graders did, but a different approach. How do I get her curious, or motivate, or even just over how much she doesn’t like her professor so that she can get through the course? Most importantly, how do I help her ask her own questions while she is reading about the art?
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