Cueing questions for thinking skills
HIGHER
ORDER THINKING SKILLS (H.O.T.S.)
COGNITIVE
THINKING
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Thinking as getting the details Perceiving
Details Recalling
and Retrieving Data Collecting
Information / Data Recall
from Memory Make
observations, Measure What
are the most important facts, details ? CUEING
QUESTIONS 1.
Who? 2.
What are the FACTS? What
are the MOST IMPORTANT DETAILS? What
are the FACTS REGARDING? What
is the .........? What
is your INTERPRETATION OF WHAT HAPPENED? 3.
When? 4.
Where? |
STRUCTURING
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Thinking as organizing the details in
some relationship (To lead to a main idea) Relating,
Structuring the data or details Classify,
Group, Sort, Categorize Rank
Order Sequencing Compare
and Contras Diagram,
Chart, Graph Visualize
Relationship Part-Whole Relationship Cause and Effect Relationship Interpret
Information How
are the facts, details related? Cueing
Questions 1.
Categories: Which
group does that belong to? How
would you classify...? What
type would you....? 2.
Comparisons: How
are they alike? same?
similar?
identical? Contrast How
is it.... different... in
opposition to.... unlike? 3.
Cause and Effect: What
will happen if? why? What
will happen as a result of this? |
CONVERGENT
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Thinking as getting the main idea (From
the related details) Generalizing Getting
the Main Idea Getting
the concept Drawing
conclusions, generalize Get
the main idea Understand,
comprehend Understand
the problem What
is the Main Idea, Major Concept, Major
Generalization? CUEING
QUESTIONS 1.
What are the chief points? Given
the information, what is the main idea, point? 2.
What is the single, most important idea? 3.
State that idea in one sentence. 4.
Explain |
DIVERGENT
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Thinking as applying the main ideas to
other situations. Imaging Using Applying Predicting Hypothesizing Applying,
Use ideas (New Learning) Infer,
Predict, Hypothesize Invent,
Create, Synthesize Devise
a Plan / Experiment What
might happen if that idea were applied to another situation? CUEING
QUESTIONS 1.
What might happen if...? 2.
If you use that idea, what would it mean to our..? 3.
Apply that idea to our situation. 4.
If you were given the facts, what would you do to...? 5.
What would result if...? 6.
How would the operation be different if we used this
idea? 7.
What could be advantages, benefits, if we applied
this idea? 8.
What do you think....? |
EVALUATION
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Thinking as determining the value of
the main idea to self and / or person's presentation of the idea. Judging Valuing Value
new learning (+ OR -), (positive or negative) Evaluate,
Judge Look
back What
is your opinion of the idea? What
judgment(s) would you make about the.... CUEING
QUESTIONS 1.
How do you feel about that idea? 2.
What is your opinion? 3.
What is the best? 4.
Are you satisfied with that answer, plan? 5.
Can this statement be made? Why? 6.
Out of all the information, which can be used to prove
your point? 7.
How would you judge? 8.
What is your opinion or conclusion about the product,
plan, idea? 9.
Why do you think it worked.../ didn't work? 10.
What is fact? What
is opinion? |
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