Socratic dialogue. Socratic Dialogue is an example of an instructional
strategy frequently recommended as a means of fostering and promoting the
development of habits of mind. Meier's articulated habits of mind, in the
form of the questions given above, closely resemble questions for Socratic
dialogue. Evidence of this can be seen in Paul's work (1990) in which he
provided guidance for incorporating Socratic dialogue in the classroom. Paul
proposed that teachers could facilitate Socratic dialogue by asking five types of
questions as students discuss topics. Those five questions were as follows:
(a) Questions of clarification: "What do you mean?" "Could you give
me an example?"
(b) Questions that probe assumptions: "What are you assuming?