questioning

**Writing good questions **
====In order to develop questions that promote powerful learning it is important to ensure that opportunities for higher order thinking are provided. There are a range of resources available to support teachers in this endeavour. This site provides an excellent example of [|Useful Verbs, Sample Question Stems and Potential activities and products] that are matched against Bloom'sTaxonomy.====

The Three-Storey Intellect
“There are one-storey, two-storey and three-storey intellects with skylights. All fact collectors who have no aim beyond their facts are one-storey people. Two-storey people compare, reason, generalise, using the labour of fact collectors as their own. Three-storey people idealise, imaging, predict – their best illumination comes from above the skylight. (Oliver Wendell Holmes) Requires you to use the ideas you have gained to solve problems or make decisions. Apply new knowledge and understanding to new situations and/or in meaningful ways. |||| **Some words for applying are: ** || **Revised Bloom’s Definitions **
 * ** 3. Applying **

Creating

Evaluating

Analysing || § Create § Debate § Design/make § Evaluate § Find a better solution § Forecast § Generalise § Hypothesise §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Improve §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> If/then §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Imagine  || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">  Invent §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Judge §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Predict §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Prepare a case §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Problem solving §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Prove/disprove §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Rearrange §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Rewrite §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Speculate §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Synthesise §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> “What if …”  ||^   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Requires you to manipulate the information to try to make connections to prior knowledge and previous experience and/or develop concepts; to make sense of things; to do something with the gathered information. |||| **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Some words for processing are: ** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Analysing
 * ^  || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">  Apply a principle
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">** 2. Processing **

Applying

Understanding || §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Compare §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Contrast §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Design a questionnaire §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Distinguish §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Dissect §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Explain (why) §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Graphic organisers §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Group  || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">  Infer §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Interpret §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Make a model, diorama, scrapbook, puzzle §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Order §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Prioritise §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Reason §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Solve §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Sort §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Summarise  ||^   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Requires you to find the facts, to acquire knowledge and to understand the material |||| **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Some words for gathering are: ** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Understanding
 * ^  || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">  Classify
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">** 1. Gathering **

Remembering || §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Count §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Define §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Describe §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Identify §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Match §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Name §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Observe §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Recall §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Recite  || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">  Scan §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Select §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Tell §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> List §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Locate §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Collect §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Record §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Note taking §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Bibliographies  ||^   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">
 * ^  || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> §<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">  Complete