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What does a teacher do when using the Socratic method?

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Answer: During Socratic questioning, the teacher is a model of critical thinking who respects students' viewpoints, probes their understanding, and shows genuine interest in their thinking. The teacher poses questions that are more meaningful than those a novice of a given topic might develop on his or her own.

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the teacher uses the Socratic questions to direct a discussion around a targeted learning goal in order to stimulate a deeper understanding of the content. The questions help students to evaluate their options and to make decisions upon those opinions.

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