1. Levels of Thinking Levels of Questions

2. They ask A LOT of questions…
What do young children do when they want to know something?
They ask A LOT of questions…
(including the same one over and over)

3. And then to be sure, they learn it for them self
Ouch!
Does he ever need to ask again?

4. Quality Questions are the basis for Tutorials and Socratic Seminars
The greatest learning takes place when you PRODUCE knowledge, not when you REproduce it
Make a habit of higher-level thinking
Colleges/employers expect you to dig deep, find meaning, ask thoughtful questions, think!
Think there is no such thing as a bad question?
Some are definitely better than others!

5. Arthur Costa LEVEL III LEVEL II LEVEL I • Educational researcher
• Three levels of questions
increasing complexity
at each level
• Goal/effect: become better
thinkers
LEVEL III
LEVEL II
LEVEL I

6. GATHER INFORMATION • Who were the allied countries during WWII?
• List the order of the planets from the sun
• Factual info
• One/two word
answer
• Look it up!
• Multiple Choice
GATHER INFORMATION
identify, recall, list, define, memorize, name

7. • explain how the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the cold war kept the US and USSR from actually going to war
PROCESS
INFORMATION
relate
infer
analyze
contrast demonstrate
solve
• More abstract
• Facts serve as evidence
• Short answer Q
• relate the dependent variable to the independent variable

8. APPLY INFORMATION why assess evaluate estimate • Beyond the text
• Predict the fate of Romeo and Juliet had Friar Laurence refused to marry them
why
assess
evaluate
estimate
APPLY INFORMATION
• Beyond the text
• Apply what you know
• Use info to judge,
conclude
• Essay questions
• Design an experiment to determine the specific heat capacity of sand relative to water

9. What Level Q? 1 3 1 2 3 ____Describe your study habits from last year
____Rationalize why a student should study
____What is the Curve of Forgetting?
____Infer what would happen if your study habits remain the same as last year
____Make a graphic organizer to show your study habits
____Predict your ability to retain knowledge if you don’t study 3 1 2 2 3

10. 3 2 I Clue Words APPLY INFORMATION PROCESS INFORMATION
why
assess
evaluate
estimate
Clue Words
APPLY INFORMATION 3 2 I
relate
infer
analyze
contrast
demonstrate
solve
PROCESS INFORMATION
identify, recall, list, define, memorize, name
GATHER INFORMATION

11. In summary.. Level 1 questions can be directly answered from a text
Define tangent.
Level 2 questions are implied in the text
Which is greater: the square root of 49 or the square root of 64?
Level 3 is beyond the text; incorporate prior knowledge and experience
Imagine you were a soldier fighting in the Civil War. How would you feel? (History)