Question Starters Aligned to Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy
Adapted from High/Scope
Foundation and Checking for Understanding
Fig. 3.3
Type of
Thinking
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Key Words
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Prompts
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Remembering:
Recall information, data, ideas, facts, experience
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define, describe, identify,
know, label, list, match, name, outline, recall, recognize, reproduce,
select, state
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Where is…
What did…
Who was…
When did…
How many…
Can you
explain/describe/recall/list…
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Understanding: Demonstrate understanding of the meaning and significance of facts,
ideas, structures, problems…
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comprehend, convert,
defend, distinguish, estimate, explain, extend, generalize, give examples,
infer, interpret, paraphrase, predict, rewrite, summarize, translate
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What is the main idea…
How would you explain…
How would you rephrase…
How would you summarize…
What does it mean…
Describe what…
Give an example of…
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Applying:
Solve new challenges with acquired knowledge, techniques; apply rules in a
different way
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apply, change, compute,
construct, demonstrate, discover, manipulate, modify, operate, predict,
prepare, produce, relate, show, solve, use
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What would happen if…
How would you
solve/show/apply/use…
If you were there, would
you…
What other way would you…
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Analyzing: Separating
material or concepts into parts to identify and understand structures,
causes, motives, generalizations
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analyze, break down,
compare, contrast, diagram, deconstruct, differentiate, discriminate,
distinguish, identify, illustrate, infer, outline, relate, select, separate
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What are the parts of…
What would you have used…
What things are
similar/different?
What caused _____?
What is the relationship…
What evidence supports…
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Evaluating:
Making judgments about information, ideas, quality, materials
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appraise, compare,
conclude, contrast, criticize, critique, defend, describe, discriminate,
evaluate, explain, interpret, justify, relate, summarize, support
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Do you agree with…
What is your opinion…
What is the value / importance
of…
How would you determine / select
/ prioritize / justify…
Which is better…
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Creating:
Building a structure or pattern from diverse elements in an original or different
way; proposing alternative solutions
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combine, compile, compose,
create, devise, design, explain, generate, imagine, modify, organize, plan,
present, produce, propose, rearrange, reconstruct, relate, reorganize, revise
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How would you adapt /
change / improve / invent…
What if…
What new model would you
construct?
What would it be like if…
What would happen if…
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