1. Critical Thinking Questioning Strategies Created By: Jessica Nelson
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Critical Thinking Questioning Strategies
Created By: Jessica Nelson

2. Bloom’s 6 Levels Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing
Evaluating
Creating

3. Remembering
Recall learned material, remembering previously learned facts.
tell list define
label state memorize

4. Understanding Grasp meaning describe summarize predict
explain paraphrase restate

5. Applying Use in a new concrete situation dramatize produce construct
show choose model

6. Analyzing Break into parts, see relationships, organize information
analyze classify compare
categorize take apart infer

7. Evaluating Judge value and purpose, support with relevant information
recommend judge debate
decide argue consider

8. Creating
Invent new item, solve a problem based on learning, decide how to communicate
propose predict create
plan what if hypothesize

9. Examples Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Remembering: List the items that Goldilocks tried while she was in the three bears’ house.
Understanding: Explain why Goldilocks did not like the Papa Bear’s bed.
Analyzing: Compare this story to reality. What parts of the story could not really happen?
Applying: Dramatize a skit about what would happen if Goldilocks came to your house.
Evaluating: Do you agree with what Goldilocks did? Why or why not?
Creating: Hypothesize how the story would be different if the title was, “Goldilocks and the Three Crabs”.

10. Your Turn Little Red Riding Hood
Illustrate the main idea of the story on a poster.
Rank the characters from best to worst and explain how you ranked them.
Create a new story by placing Red in a modern-day city.

11. Did You Answer…
Applying
Evaluating
Creating

12. Your Turn… Describe what Red did when she first saw the Wolf.
Tell what happened to the grandmother in the story.
Write out the main events in the story. Cut them apart and sequence them in proper order.

13. Did you answer…
Understanding
Remembering
Analyzing

14. Your turn…
Invent a new ending for the story where the Wolf comes out ahead.
Using models, demonstrate which house stood up the best.
Describe the materials used to build each home.

15. Did you answer…
Creating
Applying
Understanding

16. Your turn… Read the story and list the type of home built by each pig.
What is the relationship between the materials used to build each house and what happened to it when the wolf blew on it?
Judge the homes from worst to best, according to strength, cost, and building time.

17. Did you answer…
Remembering
Analyzing
Evaluating