P4K questions
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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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