The teacher guides this process by asking curious questions, allowing room for experimentation, and encouraging students to examine their own thought processes. This creates a learning environment that focuses on critical thinking, where students learn not only to give answers, but also to understand why those answers are logical.
Questions depend on which topic, for example:
- Why did you put these together?
- Could this card also fit in another group? Why yes/no?
- What happens if we sort by another characteristic, such as colour or size?
- What stood out?
- Which categories were tricky?
- Why do these things belong together?
- What is this group called?
- Can something also fit into another group? Why yes/no?
- Are there multiple ways to categorise?