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Critical Thinking Made Bloomin ’ Easy. Using Bloom’s Taxonomy to Develop Critical Thinking. Recreated for DPS College Ready Institute - 2011. Bloom’s Taxonomy Pyramid. Knowledge. Count Define Delineate Describe Label List Match Name Point. Quote Recall Record Relate
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Critical Thinking Made Bloomin’ Easy Using Bloom’s Taxonomy to Develop Critical Thinking Recreated for DPS College Ready Institute - 2011
Knowledge • Count • Define • Delineate • Describe • Label • List • Match • Name • Point • Quote • Recall • Record • Relate • Repeat • Select • Specify • State • Underline
Comprehension • Associate • Compute • Describe • Discuss • Explain • Express • Extrapolate • Generalize • Identify • Locate • Outline • Paraphrase • Report • Restate • Review • Rewrite • Summarize • Tell
Application • Apply • Demonstrate • Dramatize • Employ • Graph • Illustrate • Interpolate • Interpret • Manipulate • Modify • Operate • Practice • Schedule • Show • Sketch • Solve • Translate • Use
Analysis • Analyze • Appraise • Arrange • Break down • Calculate • Categorize • Classify • Compare • Contrast • Criticize • Critique • Debate • Diagram • Differentiate • Distinguish • Examine • Experiment • Inspect • Inventory • Question • Relate • Separate • Solve • Test
Synthesis • Arrange • Assemble • Collect • Combine • Compose • Construct • Create • Design • Devise • Explain • Formulate • Group • Manage • Organize • Plan • Predict • Prepare • Prescribe • Propose • Rearrange • Reorganize • Setup • Specify • Transform
Evaluation • Appraise • Assess • Choose • Compare • Conclude • Criticize • Critique • Determine • Defend • Estimate • Evaluate • Judge • Justify • Measure • Prioritize • Prove • Rank • Rate • Recommend • Revise • Score • Select • Support • Value
Examples • Knowledge: How long did each child have to grow their seed for the emperor? • Comprehension: Explain why Ping cried when the emperor asked him about his pot. • Application: How can you apply the moral of this story to your life? • Analysis: Compare Ping to the other children. • Synthesis: Propose how the story would be different if it took place in America. • Evaluation: Judge whether the other children in the story were good or bad. Defend your opinion.
You Try • Determine why the emperor cooked the seeds. Analysis • Use the moral of this story to write a story of your own. Application • Predict what Ping’s rule will be like. Synthesis
You Try • Name who encourages Ping? Knowledge • In life, determine if all seeds grow. Why or why not? Evaluation • Describe the place where Ping lived? Comprehension
What is Critical Thinking? “ Critical thinking is self-guided, self-disciplined thinking which attempts to reason at the highest level of quality in a fair-minded way. People who think critically consistently attempt to live rationally, reasonably, empathically. ” - Dr. Linda Elder, September, 2007 - educational psychologist and a prominent authority on critical thinking. In short – reflecting on your thinking.
Which levels enhance Critical Thinking? Critical Thinking
Lower to Higher - Example Level 2 Level 6
After the Question Is Asked How will students demonstrate their response to your request?
The Future How do you plan to use this information in the future?
Resources • http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/litpack/BloomsCriticalThinking_files/v3_document.htm • http://www.quia.com/rr/210997.html • http://www.criticalthinking.org/ • http://edtech.clas.pdx.edu/presentations/frr99/blooms.htm • http://www.criticalthinking.org/aboutCT/define_critical_thinking.cfm • http://appl003.lsu.edu/slas/cas.nsf/$Content/Study+Strategies+Tips+and+Tools/$FILE/BloomsOriginal.pdf • http://classweb.gmu.edu/ndabbagh/Resources/Resources2/bloomstax.htm • Adapted from CT.org - jmansfield