This document provides examples of questions to promote different levels of thinking. It includes questions to help with remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating. Some example questions are "How would you define ___?", "What is the main idea of ___?", "Why does ___ work?", "What is your analysis of ___?", "What criteria would you use to assess ___?", and "What could you invent?".
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Higher Level Questions
1. Remembering:
How would you define ______?
What do you remember about _________?
Describe what happens when _________?
List the ______ in order.
How would you recognize _________?
Understanding:
How would you compare ________? Contrast _______?
What did you observe ________?
What is the main idea of _______?
Will you restate ________?
How would you express _________?
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2. Applying:
What actions would you take to perform _______?
How would you demonstrate _______?
Why does ________ work?
How would you develop ______ to present _______?
How could you modify ________?
Analyzing:
Discuss the pros and cons of ________?
How can you classify __________ according to _______?
How is _________ connected to ___________?
What is your analysis of _________ ?
What can you infer ?
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3. Evaluating:
What criteria would you use to assess _________ ?
What data was used to evaluate ________?
How would you verify ________ ?
Rank the importance of ___________.
What information would you use to prioritize
________?
Creating:
What changes would you make to revise ________?
How would you generate a plan to __________?
What could you invent?
Devise a way to _________.
What alternative would you suggest for ___________?
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