(777)PROVOCATION IN THE SOCRATIC METHOD OF QUESTIONING USING ONLINE TECHNOLOGY AND ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT

摘要

There are various questioning methods employed by educators to encourage students to think, one ofthem being the Socratic approach. In Socratic Method, there is an element of provocation that couldstimulate for students' in-depth thinking via logical arguments in support of their ideas. SocraticMethod can also stimulate students to think outside the box and beyond. The presence of onlinetechnology will help the process of questioning, as it can be easily applied to get all students engagedin their learning process. This paper used a mixed-method design to discuss about the elements ofthis provocation method used via online learning to help a total of 30 secondary school students toimprove their achievements in Physics. Results of the comparative analysis of the mean for pre-testand post-test, supported by the findings of interviews, corroborated the overall research findings that,the students' performance improved after they were exposed to the provocative questioning.