1. Cues, Questions & Advance Organizers Early Release Professional Development Focus on Bloom’s & Questions April 20, 2010

2. Questions perform the same function as clues.

3. Two Types of Questions: 1.Inferential 2.Analytic

4.  What action does the US Press Secretary usually perform?  What is the emotional state of McBeth after the murder of the king?  What changes occur when someone becomes hypothermic?  What equipment is used when flying a navy fighter plane?

5. Help students think about the content they are learning in new ways

6.  Evaluation  Synthesis  Analysis  Application  Comprehension  Knowledge Creating Evaluating Analyzing Applying Understanding Remembering (Based on Pohl, 2000, Learning to Think, Thinking to Learn, p. 8)

8. Resources/References  Classroom Instruction that Works; Marzano, Pickering & Pollak  Handbook for Classroom Instruction that Works; Marzano, Norford, Paynter, Pickering & Gaddy  Learning to Think, Thinking to Learn; Polk January 14 & January 22, 2010 Debra Harwell-Braun The following websites & PowerPoint's: http://www.kurwongbss.eq.edu.au/thinki ng/Bloom/blooms.htm http://www.techlearning.com/article/867 0 http://tech4hyis.pbworks.com/ http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resour ces/workshops/artofquestioning.html