How to ask questions in Online Classes?

As the GATE and ESE Examinations are coming closer, the students have started working doubly hard for the exam. Some students have joined the Online Classes to accelerate their preparation and some are still planning to join the later batches. The coaching institutes act as a constant guide to the students. They help them achieve their dreams by providing them an environment of competition. They promote studying coupled with guidance and counseling from experts. The purpose of this article is to emphasize the importance of asking questions in Online Classes.

While joining a coaching institute does help in your preparation but just sitting in the class, listening to the teacher, and making notes may not solve your purpose of joining the coaching institute. students should make the best out of these classes and ensure that all their doubts and confusions are cleared before they leave the class. This will help the students in understanding the subject better and in turn give their best performance in the examination.

While some students ask questions in the Online Classes not bothered about the class judging them. Some students shy away from it and in turn lose their analyzing power. They just listen to what is being told and start mugging it up as taught in the classroom. Well, being the first kind may be difficult at first with students teasing and calling you names but later you will realize the importance of asking questions.

Table of Contents

• Why ask queries?
  • A better understanding of the subject
  • Help in solving questions in the examination
  • You may learn something new which will help in the examination
  • Increase concentration
  • Questions improve recalling power
  • Develops critical thinking
• How to ask doubts and questions?
• What to do if there is a technical problem in the online classes?
• Things to keep in mind while asking questions
  • No question is stupid
  • Do not be afraid
  • Better now then never
  • Take notes of your queries
  • Stop beating around the bush

Why ask queries?

Students and young professionals have curious minds. Therefore, it is natural to have questions pop up in their minds while studying especially while studying online on their own. This makes it important to ask questions online and receive answers for the same from experienced teachers. Here are some of the key reasons why we should ask questions online during the online exam preparation.

1. A better understanding of the subject: Question and Answer are the goal behind classroom programs, therefore it is necessary that the students ask a lot of questions. These questions and answers will help you in understanding the subject better. By just knowing the answer to one question you may be able to solve many underlying questions with ease. In engineering, most of the topics pertaining to a single branch have a repetition of concepts. If you are able to understand one subject it will fill you with confidence in your journey of GATE or ESE and you will find it easier to achieve your dreams.
2. Help in solving questions in the examination: We cannot remember everything that the syllabus of anyone subject covers but if you have asked a question on the topic you will surely remember it forever. Thus questions and answers help in remembering the topic for a long time and no matter how difficult the question once you have understood the concept nicely you can solve all the questions.
3. You may learn something new which will help in the examination: Any subject or topic starts with broad, foundational information which forms the basis for more in-depth or specific knowledge. A question posed at the right time helps build that essential knowledge. With that understanding, the more complex, more interesting knowledge has roots and the learning keeps on building. Asking questions is a sign of an inquisitive and sharp mind. Asking questions always helps in having a stronger hold on the basics underlying a given concept.
4. Increase concentration: Some students find it difficult to cope up with the long hours of the Online Classroom as they are unable to concentrate for so long. Question and answers is a very effective technique to increase your concentration as well. Asking questions and paying attention to what the teacher is teaching will not only help increase your concentration but also help you stay active all through the class.
5. Questions improve recalling power: Great Researchers have shown that when you ask a question yourself, you are more likely to retain the information. When one asks questions the person is either interesting or relevant to your syllabus and by asking the question students become personally invested in the answer. Thus asking questions can help you generate information that interests you and therefore you are more likely to hold on to after the lesson is over.
6. Develops critical thinking: Albert Einstein correctly said ‘the important thing is to never stop questioning ‘. Keeping in mind this one must always remember that asking questions will help develop your critical thinking. This critical thinking will help you solve quant questions in the GATE examination. This critical thinking can also help you solve the ESE main paper.

You will be surprised to know that most toppers recommend exam aspirants to ask doubts online and clarify them while preparing for their lessons. Therefore, keep these points in mind, and next time you hesitate to ask questions online, remember the ultimate goal you will achieve in the long term with your competitive exam.

How to ask doubts and questions?

Now that we have understood why to ask doubts online, let us learn the expert ways to ask questions online and create a strong base for the respective competitive exam.   

• Create a separate notebook: Doubts can pop up in our minds throughout the day. Therefore, it is important to note them down. Therefore, you must create a separate notebook to jot down the doubts. If you have doubts about a topic during your self-study sessions, make sure you write it down in this notebook. In case, a question crops up in your mind while you are out of your study schedule, make sure to use digital apps to track it.
• Find the right time: As an exam aspirant, you must understand that timing is everything. It is applicable, especially when a student or professional wants to ask questions online. Avoid getting excited before asking doubts. You must understand that an exam aspirant must develop and maintain a calm mind to achieve the long-term exam goals. It will help to understand the right time to ask doubts online. For instance, MADE EASY’s online courses have a dedicated feature of ‘Ask an Expert’. Such features help exam aspirants to prepare themselves for the doubt sessions and get answers to their doubts and questions.
• Be confident: Most students hesitate to ask questions online, when enrolled in an online course for competitive exam preparation. You must understand that to score a top rank in the respective exam, start working on your confidence level. Initially, you will feel hesitant, but you will thank yourself later.
• Express gratitude: Once you have asked your doubts and received the right answers for them, remember to thank your gratitude towards the respective subject faculty. This way, you will build a strong professional connection with your faculty, which will aid in the eventual removal of the existing hesitance associated with asking questions and clearing doubts while studying online.

Thus, follow these steps and ask questions online at the right time to build a firm base for online exam preparation.

What to do if there is a technical problem in the online classes?

Online classes include a series of technical steps that connect the teaching faculty on one side with the students learning from the online program. The online classes work efficiently and serve the purpose of guiding students with the right expertise, thanks to the advanced technology available in the present times. If students want to communicate with the respective subject faculty, proper network connectivity is required to continue with the ongoing class. If there is interrupted connectivity during classroom time, students find it difficult to attend classes properly and ask doubts online.

If you face such a technical problem in the online classes, here are some measures that you can take to solve this:

• Check your internet connection: Unstable internet connection during online classes can be an obstacle to the successful completion of an online class. Therefore, you must ensure a stable internet connection is available in your virtual class location.
• Contact the technical support helpline: Keep the technical support helpline of your course with you. It will help you connect with the right professional to resolve the issue at the earliest and resume back with the online class. For instance, MADE EASY Prime has a dedicated technical support helpline for all courses, including email ([email protected]) and a calling facility (+91-9021300500).
• Stay patient: As an exam aspirant who has enrolled in an online course, you must understand that technical errors are ought to happen in online classes. Therefore, you must be patient and avoid panicking if the class pauses due to a technical error. Do your best and choose the course that suits your exam preparation needs. Select a course that offers recorded sessions as an added feature. This way, you will save ample of your valuable time concerning your online exam preparation. In addition, if the course includes an ‘Ask an Expert’ feature, you will find it easier to connect with your faculty to ask doubts online.

Things to keep in mind while Asking Questions

While in the classroom, many students stay away from asking questions. This is mainly because they are either shy of asking questions or just afraid that the question might sound stupid. Well, it is necessary that despite all these doubts you ask your questions.

1. No question is stupid: there is a popular phase ‘there’s no such thing as a stupid question’. No matter what the question is and no matter how silly it is, always make sure to clear your doubts. Not asking the questions can actually plant a query inside your brain.  This query, if not cleared, can grow with time and in turn create great confusion later which will cost you your marks.
2. Do not be afraid: The quest for knowledge includes failure, and just because one person may know less than others they should not be afraid to ask. Thus instead of being afraid of asking questions, grow yourself mentally and psychological. Asking questions not only makes you smarter, but it also helps in letting go off your inhibitions.
3. Better now then never: There are times when we like to procrastinate our questions and leave it for later. Well, that later never comes back. Therefore, it is extremely necessary that instead of delaying questions to later, ask the questions in the classes. This will help you concentrate better, learn new things and also help you remember it longer.
4. Take notes of your queries: Do not leave your doubts in the classroom and online live classes. If you have cleared your doubts no matter how small the explanation is, make sure to make notes of it. This will help you remember the concept for a longer time. Next time whenever you revise the notes you will have the answer handy.
5. Stop beating around the bush: During class discussions, rather than beginning with a single question that is multi-layered and complex, use a sequence of questions to build depth and complexity.

Conclusion

Asking questions is a natural feature of communication, but also one of the most important tools of learning. Asking questions is what our brain is designed for and doing so helps our brain learn faster and remember longer. Thus always remember if you want the answer – ask the questions. So it is better to ask a question than to remain ignorant.

We hope this blog helped you to learn the right ways to ask questions online and resolve your queries at the earliest.

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