Unless you've been living under a rock during your professional career, Bloom's Taxonomy is not new to you. In short, Bloom's is a system used to define different levels of cognitive thinking, learning, and understanding. Although we need all of these categories to help us with understanding concepts, it is the Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation levels that will create higher order thinking in our students. This resource was created for a quick reference of HOT (Higher Order Thinking) questions. Often times we tend to just ask the LOT (Lower Order Thinking) questions, as these are easiest to ask off the top of our head. Hopefully this quick reference will allow you to pull deeper thinking questions into your everyday class activities.
Please know that the categories have varied over the life of Bloom's. The idea has been adapted since it was published in 1956, as a better understanding of how our brains function and how scholars think has evolved. Regardless of what the categories are titled, the HOT questions and activities are where we want our students to show their knowledge. The list of verbs listed above are great for usage while talking in PLCs and creating lesson plans and formative assessments.
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