You may have identified several appropriate responses.

However, effective mentors are likely to focus on one carefully selected teaching technique rather than attempting to improve questioning as a whole.

For example, the mentor might identify a Learn how statement relating to planning questions that deepen pupils' thinking.

Rather than telling the trainee to "ask better questions", they might:

• co-plan three higher-order questions;
• model how these questions could be delivered;
• role-play likely pupil responses;
• rehearse follow-up prompts;
• review implementation during the next observation.

Notice that feedback has now become a process of professional learning rather than a conversation about performance.