Chapter 2 Critical Thinking Learning Outcomes
2 | 2 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Solve a given problem using the decision-making process. Distinguish between fact and opinion. Develop questions that use lower- and higher-order thinking skills using Bloom's taxonomy as a guide. Analyze a case study, and construct advice for a student having difficulty with decision making. Explain the learning process modeled in this chapter. When you complete Chapter 2 Critical Thinking you are expected not only to understand the material presented but also you should be able to
Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels of Learning
2 | 4 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. KNOWLEDGE Things memorized without necessarily having a full understanding. Identifying names, places, dates, definitions
2 | 5 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. COMPREHENSION You understand information enough to explain it in your own words. Explaining, summarizing, describing,
2 | 6 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. APPLICATION You find some practical use for the information and use it to solve other problems. Using the information, solving problems, examining, modifying, relating, changing
2 | 7 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. ANALYSIS You break complex ideas into parts and see how the parts work together Seeing patterns, organizing parts, connecting, comparing,inferring
2 | 8 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. SYNTHESIS You make connections with things you already know. drawing conclusions, making predictions,designing, inventing, generalizing
2 | 9 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. EVALUATION You judge something's worth assessing, ranking, grading, testing recommending, explaining, supporting,convincing
2 | 10 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Exercise on page 43 of Practicing College Learning Styles, 4th Edition Hopper/Houghton Mifflin 2007 What level of Bloom’s Taxonomy would the following activities require?
2 | 11 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Changing a flat tire Application
2 | 12 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Finding the main idea of a paragraph Comprehension
2 | 13 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Explaining a class lecture to a friend who was absent. Comprehension
2 | 14 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Summarizing an Article Comprehension
2 | 15 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Finding the lowest common denominator for fractions Analysis
2 | 16 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Finding the correct answer to a multiple choice question Knowledge A. B. C. D.
2 | 17 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Creating a webpage Synthesis
2 | 18 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Appraising the damage to your wrecked car Evaluation
2 | 19 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Listing the states and capitals Knowledge
2 | 20 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Making an apple pie Synthesis(Application)
2 | 21 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Comparison shopping for the best buy Evaluation
2 | 22 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Writing an essay for English class Synthesis
2 | 23 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Computing your GPA Application