To connect God’s world and Word, your students need to think. Asking questions is an effective way to get your students to think and to make connections. Watch this video to learn 5 things about using questions:



Want to work with your colleagues to get better at using questions? If so, then purchase Use Questions (US$25), a discussion-based kit with 7 sessions. These 7 interactive sessions will help you…

• Evaluate and improve your use of questions to help your students connect God’s world and Word.
• Analyze and explain why God asks questions.
• Analyze and explain how questions help students connect God’s world and Word.
• Understand and apply the characteristics of good questions.
• Document and then ask your students questions to help them connect God’s world and Word.
• Get your students to respond sincerely to the questions you ask.
• Increase your commitment to using questions to help your students connect God’s world and Word.

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Purchase Use Questions (US$25). This kit is 1 of a 4-part series:

1. Help Your Students Connect God’s World and Word
2. Use Assessment
3. Use Questions
4. Meet Student Learning Needs

Here's a set of DRAW questions you can use for a discussion of “What questions should your students respond to?”
 
Define: Get the facts defined.

1. Who are your students?
2. Where are your students from? Where will they live in the future?
3. What questions do you ask your students?

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You want your students to connect what they study, the Bible, and their lives. You’ve heard that asking questions is an effective way to help students make connections. And you want to using questions to help your students. Good.

Question: How can you get started?

Answer: By taking the following self-assessment. Read More...

You want your students to connect what they study, the Bible, and their lives. You’ve heard that asking questions is an effective way to help students make connections. So, you want to learn more.

Question: How can you learn more about using questions?

Answer: By exploring the following list of 11 questions. Read More...

Here's a set of DRAW questions you can use for a discussion of “What question do you want to ask your students?”
 
Define: Get the facts defined.

1. In one of your classes, what are your students studying?
2. What connections are your students making between what they study and what the Bible teaches?

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Here's a set of DRAW questions you can use for a discussion of “How valuable are questions?”
 
Define: Get the facts defined.

1. What types of things do you tell your students?
2. What types of things do you ask your students about?

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Here's a set of DRAW questions you can use for a discussion of “What do you want your students to learn when you ask a question?”
 
Define: Get the facts defined.
What question are you going to ask your students? Read More...

Here's a set of DRAW questions you can use for a discussion of “What makes a good question good?”
 
Define: Get the facts defined.
What questions do you ask your students? Read More...

Here's a set of DRAW questions you can use for a discussion of “Why use questions?”
 
Define: Get the facts defined.

1. What questions did your teachers ask you?
2. When do you ask your students questions?
3. What questions do you ask your students?

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Here's a set of DRAW questions you can use for a discussion of “How can you use your questions effectively?”
 
Define: Get the facts defined.

1. What questions do you ask to help your students connect what they study and what the Bible teaches?
2. When do you ask these questions?

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Here's a set of DRAW questions you can use for a discussion of “What questions should your students ask?”
 
Define: Get the facts defined.

1. When do yourstudents ask questions?
2. What kinds of questions do your students ask?

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Here's a set of DRAW questions you can use for a discussion of “How can you get your students to sincerely respond to questions?”
 
Define: Get the facts defined.

1. What questions do you ask your students?
2. What questions do you ask your students in order to help them connect what they study and what the Bible teaches?

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Here's a set of DRAW questions you can use for a discussion of “Why does God ask questions?”
 
Define: Get the facts defined.

1. What questions does God ask? Gen. 3.9, 3.11, 3.13, 4.6-7, 4.10, 18.9. Job 38.2, 38.4-11, 38.12-13, 38.16-20, 38.22-41, 39.1-5, 39.9-12, 39.19-20, 39.2-27, 40.2, 40.8-9, 41.1-7.

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Asking questions is a good way to get students to reflect on the connections between what they study, life, and Biblical teaching. But just because ask you ask a questions doesn't mean students will reflect, as this video demonstrates.

Want to help your students better understand and apply a Biblical perspective? Ask questions!

Here are my top 3 ways to use questions effectively. These 3 ways work. Use them. Read More...

First, let me share what “sincerely respond” means.

• By “sincerely,” I mean genuinely, earnestly, honestly, personally, authentically, from the heart.
  
• By “respond,” I mean consider, grapple with, reflect on, mull over, interact with, engage with.
  
• By “sincerely respond,” I mean genuinely consider, earnestly grapple with, honestly reflect on, personally mull over, authentically interact with, engage with from the heart.

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To get an idea of how you can more effectively help students increase their understanding and application of a Biblical perspective, complete the following self-assessment on Biblical perspective questions. Next, use your self-assessment data to develop action plans. Read More...

As a result of you asking a Biblical perspective question, your students should learn 3 things:

1. What the question means.
   
2. A Biblical answer that adds value.
   
3. How to use the question.

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Answer: The question that will help your students increase their understanding and use of a biblical perspective. Keep in mind there is more than 1 question you can ask your students. So, choose a question. Read More...

It’s 9:00 p.m. on a Friday night. Your student JuShin is talking on the phone with Melody, her friend since 2nd grade. JuShin has noticed changes in Melody’s behavior, like change in friends and less interest in school. Melody wants to know if JuShin wants to go “hang out with her friends around town” and get back “late.” What questions should JuShin ask Melody? Read More...

Answer: I’m not sure. Longer answer: I’m not sure. But I know Christian school students should consider difficult questions like “If God is good, why does He allow suffering?” and “How do you know?” And I know that Christian school students should consider questions like these while they are in a nurturing Christian environment. Read More...

You: I like the idea of using questions to help my students increase their understanding and use of a biblical perspective. Seems doable. It would really help me if I could “see” what using questions looks like. What does using questions look like? Read More...

Imagine: Your student Patrick is in an accident. Amazingly, he’s OK. Or at least everyone thinks he is. Then his parents notice that Patrick no longer recalls, asks, or writes down questions, three things he used to do. And he doesn’t process questions either. I Read More...

Hmm: God knows everything. God asks questions. This seems strange. If God knows everything, why does He ask questions? Before I respond to your question (“Why does God ask questions?”), please respond to 3 situations for me. Read More...

Answer: Because it’s doable. You already know how to ask questions. Your students already know how to answer questions. And you don’t have to have all the answers. You can start with the answers you have. I believe you have the expertise you need to start. Today. Read More...

Imagine Christian school students routinely asking each other...What do you mean by...? How do you know? How does the Bible help? How can I respond? Read More...

To answer that question, let’s start with another question: What happens at a Christ-centered school? Read More...

At Christian Academy in Japan, we teach from a biblical perspective. We model Christ and talk with students about Christ. We provide students with Bible classes, chapels, and service opportunities. Why? Because we want our students to understand and use a biblical perspective. An additional way we do this is by asking students worldview questions: Read More...