Levels of Questions

1. Coach J Levels of Questions

2. What’s the big deal? • Learning takes place when you produce knowledge not reproduce it. • Recognize a higher-level thinking question: Colleges want you to be able to dig deeper, use higher level thinking questions. • Needed for Tutorials and Socratic Seminars…so we can have a common language

3. ? Level One Extend Define Tell Paraphrase Locate Recall Rewrite Find Repeat Describe Restate Remember Recognize Label Memorize Express Match Explain Generalize Record List Report Review Show understanding Discuss Give examples State Name Identify Summarize

4. FACTUAL QUESTIONS: • have only one answer • on the line- answers found in the text. • very concrete • info is recalled in the exact manner/form it was heard • short answers (usually 1 or 2 words) LEVEL I

5. Gathering and recalling information: Level I questions start with: define, describe, identify, list, name observe, recite, scan, explain, review locate, paraphrase LEVEL I

6. Your Turn • In your WTL, write down one level one question about Anthem.

7. ? Level Two Imply Dramatize Use Operate Practice Compute Criticize Relate Illustrate Differentiate Analyze Experiment Translate Debate Contrast Question Distinguish Compare Pretend Change Demonstrate Categorize Examine Discover Prepare Interpret Solve Infer Diagram

8. INTERPRETIVE QUESTIONS • more than one answer w/evidence from the text • between the lines. • more abstract, one must manipulate the information to find the answer • examines motives or causes • involves finding info. that supports generalizations or decision-making • Short answer or essay LEVEL II

9. Making sense of the gathered information: Level II questions start with: analyze, compare, group, infer, contrast, sequence, illustrate, retell, synthesize, sort, diagram, summarize LEVEL II

10. Your Turn • In your WTL, write down two level two questions about Anthem.

11. Level Three ? Predict Evaluate Rate Value Judge Measure Decide Assess Justify Choose Select Estimate Apply Summarize Conclude Support Hypothesize Prove Multiple solutions Teach Check Explain Model Solve Real-life

12. EVALUATIVE QUESTIONS • answer goes beyond text- Beyond the line. • applying information • answer depends on personal experiences, values, interpretation of literature, etc. • asks for judgments to be made from information • gives opinions about issues, judge validity of ideas • Essay questions LEVEL III

13. Applying and evaluating information: Level III questions start with: apply, evaluate, hypothesize, imagine, judge, predict, speculate, compose, construct, critique LEVEL III

14. Your Turn • In your WTL, write down three level three question about Anthem.

15. Real learning takes place in levels II and III. LEVEL III LEVEL II LEVEL I

16. REVIEW: Applying and evaluating information LEVEL III Make sense of the information LEVEL II Gather and Recall information LEVEL I

17. Asking better questions • Reword the question using other words from the same Costa level. • Construct a new question using words from higher or lower Costa levels. • Use several level one questions to create a level two or three question. • Relate ideas from the question to: a personal experience, a movie, to the “big” questions of life, or random words (to find “hidden connections”). • If you don’t know how to answer the question, develop a new question that you predict will have a similar answer but is easier to discuss. Example: Change “What caused the Civil War?” into “Compare and contrast the North and the South before the Civil War.” 2011- Tulsa Community College- Engaged Student Programming

18. Your Turn • Now with a group of classmates (preferably three or four): On socrative submit the best question for the second and third level of questioning about Anthem.