Some Slides from Art Costa on Effective Questioning Challenge yourself to make thinking skill requirements specific to your students

LABELING THINKING SKILLS AND PROCESSES: E.g. T "Let's look at these two pictures” "Lets COMPARE these two pictures.” T "What do you think will happen when…?” "What do you PREDICT will happen when…?” T "Lets work this problem." "Let's ANALYZE this problem.”

LABELING THINKING SKILLS AND PROCESSES: E.g. T "How do you know that's true?” "What EVIDENCE do you have to support..?” T "How else could you use this…?” ”In what situations might you APPLY this…?” T “Do you think that is the best alternative? “As you EVALUATE these alternatives….”

LABELING THINKING SKILLS AND PROCESSES: E.g. T "What do you think would happen if…” "What do you SPECULATE might happen if…” T "What did you think of this story?” "What CONCLUSIONS might you draw... T "How can you explain…?" ”How does your HYPOTHESIS explain…?