Design Based System Research of an Online Platform Prototype to Foster Higher-Order Questioning

Abstract

The process of questioning is more important than that of answering, and the way how learners ask questions is a major factor that determines the depth of their answers. To develop a higher level of thinking, learners need to expand their thinking by practicing to ask higher-order questions, rather than lower-order ones. Because higher-order questions tend to promote critical thinking skills and encourage learners to use their creativity and logical reasoning. To this end, the study aims to identify strategies for higher-order questions and design a prototype to develop an online questioning platform to guide and train higher-order questioning skills. This platform is designed to support scaffolding, with a purpose of fostering learners’ higher-order questioning skills. A Design-Based Research (DBR) method was adopted that consists of a formative cyclical procedure including analysis, design development, and execution evaluation. To further identify the higher-order questioning strategies from the teachers and experts, an application named Kakao Oven was implemented to develop an online questioning platform prototype that includes these newly deduced functions. The result of DBR and the prototypes identified higher-order questioning activities, functions, and scaffolding strategies applicable for future online questioning platforms. © 2022, Success Culture Press. All rights reserved.