Introduction
A challenge of teaching freshmen students this past school year was when asked, “How can I help you?” or “Where is your point of confusion?” then the student's response is often, “I don’t know” or “Everything!” These responses are challenging to navigate because they are so vague in nature and do not provide insight on student knowledge levels or ability to engage in critical thinking skills to process what they know and need to know. It is crucial that teachers are able to ask questions that require students to critically think about their point of confusion and move them into a phase of understanding and applying knowledge. Though students often become more frustrated when I respond to their questions with more questions, it also requires students to think about the deeper meaning of the content and develop questions that guide them from confusion to curiosity. The hope is that increased curiosity will help students develop even more questions, engage in a learning process that increases their knowledge, and eventually seek clarity and understanding.
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