Module 2.5 A Understand Blooms Taxonomy to aid in structuring a session or multiple sessions. Use mnemonics to help memorize information. Discover why critical thinking skills are necessary in college and in everyday life. Find ways to improve critical thinking skills in tutees. Blooms Taxonomy The hierarchy of learning by which basic knowledge eventually develops into critical thinking skills. Critical thinking A skill that develops over time just like reading, swimming, or cooking. Analyzing all sides of an issue to find more than the obvious. Use when determining the validity of an internet or library source, the best way to complete assignments, and how best to get along with professors and classmates. There are six levels of learning according to Blooms Taxonomy. Bloom asserts that one level must be mastered before the next one can be understood. This level is being able to make a list of something or to recognize it on a multiple choice test. An example would be selecting the answer SQ3R on a test for being an effective textbook study strategy. There are lots of ways to acquire knowledge (aka. Memorize information) Mnemonics are memory tricks to help Acronyms Acrostics Rhyme Keys Loci Method Keyword Method Image-Name Chaining Chunking This involves understanding something to the degree that it can be explained in ones own words. Materials can be translated or interpreted. For example, the tutor has knowledge of SQ3R and would be able to explain what the Survey step is. The student finds some practical use for the information and uses it to solve problems. For example, apply SQ3R to a sociology book. When analyzing, break complex ideas into parts and see how they work together. For example, students may decide that one part of SQ3R is more useful for studying a sociology book, while another would work better for a math book. When synthesizing, students make connections with things they already know. Students are able to draw conclusions and make predictions. For example, summarizing a unit or predicting test questions. When evaluating, the student judges somethings worth and compares it to a standard or expectation. For example, did the note-taking system work in history class or do adjustments need to be made?