QUESTIONING
FOR QUALITY THINKING
| Cognitive
learning is demonstrated
by knowledge recall and the intellectual skills of comprehending
information, organizing ideas, analyzing and synthesizing data,
applying knowledge, choosing among alternatives in problem-solving,
and evaluating ideas or actions. Bloom's Taxonomy |
Questioning Techniques and Word Stems
to Enhance Cognitive Learning |
Knowledge
Identification and recall of information |
Who, what, when, where, how________________________?
Describe ________________________________________. |
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| Comprehension Organization
and selection of facts and ideas |
Retell _____________________________
in your own words.
What is the main idea of _____________________________? |
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Application
Use of facts, rules, principles |
How is _____________________an
example of __________?
How is _____________________ related to _____________?
Why is __________________________________ significant? |
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Analysis
Separation of a whole into component parts |
What are the parts or features
of _______________________?
Classify _______________ according to _________________.
How does __________ compare/contrast with ____________.
What evidence can you present for _____________________? |
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Synthesis
Combination of ideas to form a new whole |
What would you predict/infer
from ______________________?
What ideas can you add to ___________________________ ?
How would you create/design a new ____________________?
What might happen if you combined _______ with _________?
What solutions would you suggest for __________________ ? |
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Evaluation
Development of opinions, judgments, or decisions |
Why you agree ____________________________________
?
What do you think about _____________________________ ?
Which is the most important __________________________?
Prioritize ______________ according to _________________?
How would you decide about _________________________ ?
Which criteria would you use to assess _________________ ? |
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