As an instructor, you need to be able to assess the current knowledge level of the student to be able to better build upon that knowledge. This is where the value of pre-questions comes in. These are the questions an instructor will ask before beginning any lesson. When your students answer those questions, they give you insight into what they already know.
For instance, if you are about to have your students read a selection about an American and a Vietnam soldier trapped in a pit together, the significance of the entire story will be lost on your students if they have never heard of the Vietnam War. When you ask pre-questions about the Vietnam War and your students display a complete lack of knowledge of even the existence of a place called Vietnam, this is an indication to you that you need to provide your students with some basic information about the conflict.
Post-questioning
Post-questioning is just as important as pre-questioning because it allows you to learn if your students understand every element of the material. Their answers will be a clear indication to you of what level of Bloom’s Taxonomy your students are learning on. You can use post-questioning to give you a point from which to start as you attempt to help your students develop a more in-depth level of understanding.
For instance, think of the book “The Once and Future King” by T.S. Elliot. While the story is a work of fiction, it is also an in-depth piece of propaganda concerning World War II. When you begin the pot-questioning with your students, you may find that they completely understood the information they read, but have yet to see the propaganda it contains. You can use what they know to guide them to further understanding.
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