1. RBT: Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy What you need to be able to do with material that is taught to you.

2. Pre-Assessment At your table is a piece of chart paper with a RBT verb listed (Summarize, Compare, Explain, Analyze, Evaluate). As a group, define the meaning of the RBT verb in your own words.

3. Pre-Assessment Find the group that has the same RBT verb as your group. Combine groups and compare your definitions for the RBT verb. As a group, come up with a one sentence summary of the definition for the RBT word.

4. Summarize Summarizing occurs when a student produces a short statement/paragraph that encapsulates information or abstracts a general theme. - Richard E. Maye

5. Summarize ●Writing a summary ○Identify the Main Idea/Major Points ○Paraphrase the ideas/points as the 1st sentence of summary ○Identify 2-3 supportive ideas to include ○Use appropriate transition words to make connections within summary ○Read draft and delete any irrelevant information

6. Compare Comparing involves detecting similarities and differences between two or more objects, events, ideas, problems, or situations. - Richard E. Maye and

7. Explain Explaining occurs when a student investigates and understands the causes, effects, and the relationships among historical events. - Richard E. Maye

8. Explain ●Make sure to have a clear understanding of the meaning of both cause and effect and the relationship between the two. ●Use “if… then” statements ●Focus attention on a single question, “Why?” ○Make lists of possible causes ○All explanations of “Why?” must meet three criteria ■Supported by evidence ■Reasonable ■Credible

9. Analyze Analyze involves breaking material into parts and determining how the parts are related to each other and/or to an overall structure. - Richard E. Maye 3 Methods 1.Differentiating: distinguish between relevant and irrelevant parts 2.Organizing: determining how things fit within a structure 3.Attributing: determine point of view, bias, and intent You must have something to analyze! You need stimulus.

10. Analyze Differentiating: distinguish between relevant and irrelevant parts Organizing: determining how things fit within a structure Attributing: determine point of view, bias, and intent

11. Evaluate Evaluate is defined as making judgments based on criteria and standards. The criteria most often used are quality, effectiveness, efficiency, and consistency. - Richard E. Maye You must have something to evaluate! You need stimulus. You need criteria for evaluation!

12. Evaluate Teacher Recommendations ●We evaluate “in terms of” or “based on” some criteria. ●Our criteria is often related to quality, effectiveness, efficiency, or consistency. ●Evaluate and Analyze often occur together.

13. Keep In Mind Learning to think critically ●Must be taught, practiced, and developed ●Takes time ●Involves a process and format