Six Levels of Thinking…Practice Scenarios

Mr. Zac LandefeldEnglish Dept.Buckeye Valley High School

Convert questions into commands to more easily decode the level expected.

How would you feel if an event like ‘x’ happened to you and why? Put yourself in x’s shoes = application

What are some of the similarities and differences between ‘x’ and ‘y’? Compare x to y = analysis

An Overview:All 6 levels applied to …the texting while driving ban

L1: State what the law is. (repeat the facts) L2: Explain what the law means. (comprehend, reword) L3: Give a scenario when the law would be enforced.

(apply to a different situation)

L4: Analyze the law in terms of kinds of offenses, consequences, and aspects of the wording that are up for interpretation. (break down into parts) L5: Judge the effectiveness of the law using data. (evaluate) L6: Come up with solutions to the texting problem other than the law. (develop a new idea using info/data)

Hint…In a given scenario, Think “What level is the highest skill required to complete the task?”

Scenario #1 – What level?Football players review last week’s game film to break apart specific plays and see how their movements affected the outcome of the play. Recall Apply Analyze Synthesize/Create

#2A person learns a new language.

Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate

#3A detective investigates a crime scene to figure out which pieces of evidence are most important to solving the crime.

Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate

#4A young entrepreneur designs a webpage for his new business.

Apply Analyze Evaluate Synthesize/ Create

#5A researcher experiments with different chemicals and judges which chemical compound would make the most effective cancer treatment.

Evaluate Understand Analyze Synthesize/Create

#6 Changing a flat tire

Recall Understand Apply Create/Synthesize

1. Place the events of the story in chronological order. 2. Write a new ending for the story. 3. Choose one of the characters as a “best friend” and justify your choice. 4. On what date did this story begin?

Mrs. Andrews assigned the following tasks as part of a reading lesson. Place them in order of their location on the revised Bloom’s Taxonomy from lowest to highest.

a.1, 2, 3, 4b.4, 1, 3, 2

c. 4, 1, 2, 3d. 1, 4, 3, 2

Mrs. Hodge has asked students to list every possible way to answer the math word problem on the board. Then she asks them to choose the best method for solving the problem and to defend their answers.

a. Analyzeb. Evaluatec. Create/Synthesized. Apply

Reading an article and summarizing its main points in your own words.

a. Recallb. Understandc. Applyd. Analyze

Bobby needs to use his skills as an outdoorsman to help his friend plan a camping trip.

a. Recallb. Understandc. Applyd. Synthesize/Create

Dan is a mechanic trying to figure out how a new engine design operates. Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate

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