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6 keys to critical thinking bloom's taxonomy

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6 Keys to Critical Thinking based on Bloom's Taxonomy

Remember

Retrieve relevant knowledge from long-term memory

showing, naming, listing, restating, finding, recognizing, choosing, matching, relating

  • Can you recall...?
  • Where is...? Who is...?
  • Can you list four...?
  • How would you describe...?
  • How could you explain...?
  • Which of these is true...? false...?

Analyze

Separate a whole into parts and determine their relationships

classifying, investigating, dissecting, experimenting, dividing, discovering, simplifying, differentiating, researching

  • Why do you think...?
  • What is the relationship...?
  • Can you compare...? contrast...?
  • What idea is relevant to...?
  • How would you categorize...?
  • What can you infer...?

Understand

Construct meaning from instructional messages

organizing, discussing, interpreting, paraphrasing, extending, outlining, reviewing, inferring, showing

  • What is the main idea of...?
  • Can you find an example of...?
  • How would you summarize...?
  • What might happen next...?
  • How do you explain...?
  • What ideas or facts show...?

Evaluate

Make judgments based on criteria and standards

validating, debating, prioritizing, assessing, justifying, monitoring, selecting, rating, critiquing

  • Which is more important...?
  • Is there a better solution to...?
  • Can you defend...?
  • What are the pros of...? cons...?
  • Why is...of value?
  • How would you feel if...?

Apply

Carry out or use a procedure in a given situation

practicing, choosing, interviewing, implementing, operating, developing, planning, solving, generalizing

  • What would happen if...?
  • How could you clarify...?
  • Who do you think...?
  • Which approach would you...?
  • How would you use...?
  • What is a situation like...?

Create

Combine elements or ideas to form a new whole

building, combining, formulating, constructing, devising, improving, changing, adapting, producing

  • What is an alternative to...?
  • Could you invent...?
  • Can you compose a...?
  • What is your theory about...?
  • How can you imagine...?
  • What could you design to...?

 

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