10-second review: What kinds of questions do we ask? John Searle: There are two kinds of questions, (a) real questions, (b) exam questions. In real questions “S” wants to know (find out) the answer; in exam questions, “T” wants to know if “S” knows the answer.
Source: WB Horner. College Composition and Communication (May 79), 169.A publication of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
Comment: Nothing motivates students like real questions, questions to which the teacher and students do not know the answer. But close to “real” questions are questions that students ask about the topic of the day or the unit, which helps the teacher focus the content of the unit. RayS.
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