How To Ask APPLICATION QUESTIONS In Lessons

Application questions could be used at any point in a lesson where the teacher considers it appropriate to do so. 

However, given that application questions require students to apply newly acquired knowledge they will typically follow a period of learning.

This will therefore see application questions often being used towards the end of lessons once students have developed a sufficient level of understanding on the topic to effectively apply it.

This does not mean that application questions cannot be used at the beginning of the lesson as a starter activity. This works well if the teacher a continuing a topic from a previous lesson, where students can apply what they have learned the week before, or if the teacher is adopting a flipped-classroom approach or sets students pre-lesson activities which can be applied in the next lesson. 

It is ultimately up to the teacher to determine when they feel application questions are most relevant to the topic being taught. Whenever there is an opportunity for students to apply their learning to the real world around them, application questions can be used.