Costa’s Levels of Questioning Preparing yourself for higher order thinking
Costa’s Levels of Questioning LEVEL 1 GATHERING: Answers come from the source Book Handout Notes Map (others) No thinking required – just point to the answer
Costa’s Levels of Questioning LEVEL 2 PROCESSING: Answers come from two places, Source Your Own Thinking
Costa’s Levels of Questioning LEVEL 3 APPLYING: You have to apply information you were given from the source. This level is all on you and your own thinking! (opinion questions)
Costa’s Levels of Questioning LEVEL 1 – WHEN / HOW TO USE IT… You can literally point to the answer in the source Complete Name Observe Match Recite Select Scan Count Define Describe Identify List
Costa’s Levels of Questioning LEVEL 2 – WHEN / HOW TO USE IT… If you have to compare/contrast two different things, or use your own thinking Compare Contrast Classify Sort Distinguish Reason Infer Sequence Analyze Synthesize
Costa’s Levels of Questioning LEVEL 3 – WHEN / HOW TO USE IT… If the answer can only be found by your own thinking Evaluate Generalize Imagine Judge Predict Speculate If/then Hypothesize Forecast
Costa’s Levels of Questioning organize IT… Organize the words into the following categories: Level 1 : Input Level 2 : Process Level 3 : Output Define Evaluate Describe Imagine Classify List Apply Explain (why?) Distinguish
Costa’s Levels of Questioning practice IT… See if you can write some questions regarding the story of Cinderella: Level 1 : Input What are the names of the stepsisters? Level 2 : Process Compare and contrast Cinderella to one of her stepsisters. Level 3 : Output Identify the characteristics that make Cinderella’s stepsisters so undesirable to the prince.