Exercise idea that may simultaneously teach this and help illustrate notion of Locating the Hypothesis: A prize/treasure hunt in which you make them make you be specific. (“you”, of course, being understood to mean whoever’s teaching them.)
ie, hide some prize (money, for example) somewhere in the building or such. Tell them you will answer their questions about where the prize is, but they might have to work a bit to ask the right questions.
You: “Ask me where the prize is.”
Them: “Where is the prize?”
You: “Somewhere. You’re going to have to do better than that.”
Them: “Is the prize in this room?”
You: “yes”/”no” (depending on whether the prize actually is in the room, of course.)
Upvoted. This helps teach the skill of “noticing WHEN you need a more specific answer”, especially if you set the expectation of somewhat tricky, literal answers (think “giving orders to a malicious idiot”) to badly phrased questions.
You can also pretty easily split the group in to pairs—have one person pick an object in the room, then the other person has to ask questions until they can physically touch the object to confirm they have the right one in mind.
I’d also set up the room with a lot of similar objects—have ten of the same identical vase in the room, for example. Try to involve distinguishing factors people might not normally think of. “Is it the vase on the left or right of the bookshelf?” is a novel question to come up with—it creates fun “aha!” moments instead of just using scripted questions.
Exercise idea that may simultaneously teach this and help illustrate notion of Locating the Hypothesis: A prize/treasure hunt in which you make them make you be specific. (“you”, of course, being understood to mean whoever’s teaching them.)
ie, hide some prize (money, for example) somewhere in the building or such. Tell them you will answer their questions about where the prize is, but they might have to work a bit to ask the right questions.
You: “Ask me where the prize is.” Them: “Where is the prize?” You: “Somewhere. You’re going to have to do better than that.”
Them: “Is the prize in this room?” You: “yes”/”no” (depending on whether the prize actually is in the room, of course.)
Them: “which room is it in?” etc etc etc...
Upvoted. This helps teach the skill of “noticing WHEN you need a more specific answer”, especially if you set the expectation of somewhat tricky, literal answers (think “giving orders to a malicious idiot”) to badly phrased questions.
You can also pretty easily split the group in to pairs—have one person pick an object in the room, then the other person has to ask questions until they can physically touch the object to confirm they have the right one in mind.
I’d also set up the room with a lot of similar objects—have ten of the same identical vase in the room, for example. Try to involve distinguishing factors people might not normally think of. “Is it the vase on the left or right of the bookshelf?” is a novel question to come up with—it creates fun “aha!” moments instead of just using scripted questions.