Transcript Notes: Arthur Costa`s Three Levels of Questioning

Arthur Costa’s Model of
Intellectual Functioning in
Three Levels
How to write thoughtful
questions!
Why is it important to know
how to develop thoughtprovoking questions?
• To keep a dialogue going
(with others and with a
text)
• To help point out what is
important and why it is
important in a text or
topic
• To see connections
between different parts
and how they fit together
• To better understand
what question and
prompts are asking
• To stimulate critical
thinking
Level 1 Questions
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Defining
Describing
Identifying
Listing
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Naming
Observing
Reciting
Scanning
Level 1 Questions
• What is the definition
of “indigenous”?
(definition)
• Who is the narrator
of To Kill a
Mockingbird?
(identification)
• What characters
appear in chapter 1 of
To Kill a Mockingbird?
(list)
Level 2 Questions
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Analyzing
Comparing
Contrasting
Grouping
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Inferring
Sequencing
Synthesizing
What words should
be defined?
Level 2 Questions
• How does Rainsford’s
interaction with Zaroff
reveal his sense of
morality?
(analysis)
• If To Kill a Mockingbird
is partly inspired by the
Scottsboro Boys, what
do you think will happen
in the story?
(inference)
• How do Rainsford and
Zaroff differ in their
attitudes toward
hunting?
(contrast)
Level 3 Questions
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Applying a principle
Evaluating
Hypothesizing
Predicting
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Judging
Speculating
Imagining
What words should
be defined?
Level 3 Questions
• Are any of the
characters in “The
Most Dangerous
Game” moral?
(Judgment)
• What do you think
happens to Rainsford
when he wakes up
after killing Zaroff?
(Speculation)
Determine the level of the
following questions about
Chapter 1 of TKAM
• Who is telling the
story?
• Why do you think the
story is being told?
• What are the effects
on the story from
having it told from a
child’s point of view?
• Level 1 (identifying)
• Level 3 (speculating)
• Level 2 (inferring)
Determine the level of the
following questions about
Chapter 1 of TKAM
• Why does the author
make an allusion to
FDR’s Inaugural speech
in the first chapter?
• When Dill first meets
Scout and Jem, he
says, “’I’m Charles
Baker Harris,’ he said.
‘I can read.’” What is
the significance of
such an introduction?
• Level 2 (inferring)
• Level 3 (evaluating)
Determine the level of the
following questions about
Chapter 1 of TKAM
• The author uses
imagery to
describe the
Radley house.
What might this
description
foreshadow?
Explain your
answer.
• Level 3 (predicting)
Your turn to develop
questions for Chapter 2!