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The below questions are by no means a comprehensive list. They can be given to a Think Tank or used by you in a Community of Inquiry to help develop and deepen students' (and your own!) thinking and understanding...
Why do you think that? [justify, clarify]
Do you mean...? [paraphrase, clarify]
What reasons do you have? [justify, clarify]
Can you explain a bit more? [clarify]
Do we have any evidence for thinking that? [justify]
How could we know if that was true? [analyse]
What would the consequences of that be? [synthesise, extrapolate, make connections]
If that's true, what does that mean about...? [extrapolate, make connections]
What does that tell us? [synthesise, make connections, evaluate]
Is that a good enough reason? [justify, evaluate]
Is that the same or different from...? [make connections, compare/contrast, evaluate]
How is that different from...? [justify, contrast]
What does this mean? [paraphrase, make connections]
What have you based your idea on? [justify]
Can you give me an example of what you mean? [redefine, clarify]
When wouldn't that happen? [analyse]
How else could we think about that? [analyse, redefine, clarify]
How might that have happened? [analyse, justify]
Where have we got to? [summarise, evaluate]
What have we decided? [summarise, evaluate]
Is that the same as what you said before, or have you changed your mind? [reflection, evaluate]
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