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HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS. When we talk about HOTS "higher-order thinking skills" we're concentrating on the top three levels of Bloom's Taxonomy: analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Questions that tap higher level thinking. Asking "Good" Questions to Promote Higher Order Thinking Skills. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS
When we talk about HOTS "higher-order thinking skills" we're concentrating on the
top three levels of Bloom's Taxonomy: analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
Questions that tap higher level thinking
SkillSample Prompts
Purpose Level
Creatingdesign, construct, plan, produce
combine elements into a new pattern or product
Higher
Evaluatingcheck, critique, judge, hypothesize, conclude, explain
judge or decide according to a set of criteria
Higher
Analyzingcompare, organize, cite differences, deconstruct
break down or examine information
Higher
Asking "Good" Questions to Promote Higher Order Thinking SkillsTo increase higher order thinking:How did you get that answer?Can you explain your thinking?What makes that tricky?What would happen if…?What words in the story prove that?Can you give an example of that?
BLOOM’S TAXANOMY Higher Order Thinking Skills, also called critical
thinking skills categorizes lesson activities and questions into a pyramid. HOTS are categorized from the top down, in order of skill required and educational value of question type.
Evaluation - Making decisions Synthesis - Using information in new ways to create new
thingsAnalysis - Identifying components Application - Using information to solve given problems Comprehension - Restating, paraphrasing, summarizing Knowledge - Rote fact recall (These are on the bottom
because they are both the most common and least effective)