HRASE Questioning Hierarchy

HRASE is a questioning hierarchy suggested by Penick, Crow and Connstetter (1996), as depicted by Michael P. Clough in his article:  What is so important about asking questions?

I really like the premise of this questioning method because I feel that it works the students toward higher levels of critical thinking.  Here is a brief description of the HRASE hierarchy, as shown by Clough (2007, pg. 1):


History - Ask questions that relate to students' experiences
          What did you do when...?
Relationships - Ask questions that have students compare ideas, data, activities, etc.
          How does this compare to...?
Application - Ask questions that require students to use knowledge in new contexts
          What safety issues could this solve?
Speculation - Ask questions that require thinking beyond the given information
          What would happen if you...?
Explanation - Ask questions to get at the underlying reasons or processes
          How does that work?

Reference:

Clough, Michael P. (2007). What is so important about asking questions?  Iowa Science Teachers Journal, 34, 1.

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