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questioning

questioning

2 3.2
A time when someone asks questions to find information
  • noun
  • /ˈkwɛstʃənɪŋ/
translation icon : interrogación
  • Questioning is a skill that is often difficult for new teachers to master.
  • Questioning strategies

And then, and then once the questioning starts, you get it's tunnel vision.

Examples

  • Bloom's Taxonomy of Questioning

    Academic text (2015)

  • The Structure of Questioning

    Academic text (2002)

  • What are Essential Questioning Skills and how are they developed?

    Academic text (1999)

  • As an example, let us explore the thinking disposition of Questioning and Investigating.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Questioning intended to elicit information about behavior should prompt specific responses about the candidate's actual past experiences.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Questioning is one of the ways of ensuring that restitution is made in case of false measures.

    Academic text (1993)

  • For a whole week, my men were conducting door-to-door questionings of almost everyone in Akote.

    October 1 (2014)

  • Questioning should be omitted unless there is good reason to suspect negligence or willful concealment.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The findings showed that the following three correlations among teaching behaviors and learning activities were significant and had practical meaning to the physical education professionals: Teacher Informing was associated with Students' Motor Engagement; Teacher Questioning was associated with Students' Cognitive Engagement; and Teacher Feedback was associated with Students' Cognitive Engagement.

    Academic text (2009)

  • The act of questioning new methods in the classroom can lead to better teaching practices.

Synonyms

inquiry
vsquestioning
245 3.9

An act of asking questions to get information

is the general process of collecting information in many situations
interrogation
vsquestioning
  • Formal
236 5.1

A set of formal questions asked to get information during an investigation

is a general information gathering process not limited to formal methods
examination
vsquestioning
  • Formal
44 2.9

Formal questioning of a person in an official or academic setting

is broader applying to any process of collecting information not only tests

Antonyms

answering
2.5

A look or gesture given back to show you understand

Compounds

line of questioning
18 4.2

A set of connected questions asked to explore a topic

How Intense

cross-examination
  • Formal
10 7.6
interrogation
  • Formal
236 5.1
questioning
2 3.2
interview
  • Formal
∞ 2.1

Surface Forms

questioning singular
questionings plural

Morphology

questioning = question (transparent) = question + ing

This is a regular verbal noun built from 'question' + '-ing', and its meaning is directly recoverable from the base verb.

Etymology

Questioning comes from an old Latin word quaerere, meaning 'to ask' or 'to look for', and it shares the same root as question and quest. So questioning is the act of 'looking for' information by asking questions.