Effect of class room questioning behav iour (CQB) of student teachers on teaching competence

The study investigated effect of classroom questioning behaviour of student teachers on teaching competency. The population of the research was chosen from the students teachers of various colleges of Education. The research sample consisted of 80 student teachers from colleges of Education. The results indicated that Classroom Questioning Behaviour Training helps to improve the structural characteristics e.g. relevance, precision, grammatical correctness and clarity, of questions used by the student teachers in the classroom. Moreover there is no effect of Classroom Questioning Behaviour Training (CQBT) on the incidence of classroom questions at memory level. The Classroom Questioning Behaviour Training makes it possible to modify classroom questioning behaviour of student teachers along the desired lines. Also, CQBT improves teaching competence of student teachers.