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Discussion Questions. A good analytical question :. Yields an answer that is not obvious. The question should allow room for exploration and not be too specific or answered too easily.

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Discussion Questions

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  1. Discussion Questions

  2. A good analytical question: • Yields an answer that is not obvious. The question should allow room for exploration and not be too specific or answered too easily. • Suggests an answer complex enough to sustain a vibrant discussion. If the question is too vague, it won’t elicit deep analysis and reflection.

  3. A good analytical question: • Speaks to a genuine dilemma in the text. In other words, the question should focus on a real confusion, ambiguity or gray area of the text. • Can be answered by the text or just generalizations or emotional feelings.

  4. Tips to keep in mind: • How” and “why” questions generally require more analysis than “who,” “what,” “when,” or “where” questions. • Good analytical questions can highlight patterns and connections OR contradictions, dilemmas and problems. • Good analytical questions can also ask about some implication or consequences of your analysis. • Ask each other “So what?” • No Yes/No questions.

  5. Bloom’s Taxonomy • Remember • Understand • Apply • Analyze • Evaluate • Create Bloom’s is widely known in education. It is a framework for creation and identification of learning objectives. Skills are ordered in levels of thinking, each building on the understanding of the previous set.

  6. Remembering: Remember previously learned information. • Understanding: Demonstrate an understanding of the facts. • Application: Apply knowledge to actual situations. • Analyze: Break down objects or ideas into simpler parts and find evidence to support generalizations. • Evaluate: Make and defend judgments based on internal evidence or external criteria. • Create: Compile component ideas into a new whole or propose alternative solutions.

  7. Analyze: author’s perspective • What’s fact? Opinion? • What assumptions …? • What statement is relevant? • What motive is there? • What conclusions? • What does the author believe/assume? • State the point of view of … • What ideas apply? • What ideas justify the conclusion? • What’s the relationship between? • What’s the main theme of…? • What persuasive technique is used? • Which events could not have happened? • If … happened, what might the result have been? • How is … similar to …? • What do you see as other possible outcomes? • Why did … occur? • What must have happened when? • What were some of the motives of? • What was the turning point? • What are some of the problems of? • Can you distinguish between …?

  8. Evaluate: reader’s perspective • What fallacies, consistencies, inconsistencies appear? • Which is most important, moral, logical, valid, appropriate? • Find the errors in... • Is there a better solution to? • Judge the value of … • What do you think about …? • How can you defend your position about …? • Do you think … is a good or bad thing? • How would you have handled? • What changes to … would you recommend? • Do you believe …? • How would you feel if …? • What are the consequences of? • What influence will … have on the lives of the characters? • What are the pros and cons of? • Why is … of value? • What are the alternatives? • Who will gain and who will • lose?

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