Critical Thinking and Bloom's Taxonomy Quiz

Critical Thinking: Fundamentals of Thinking and Reading

• Learning Objectives: Differentiate non-critical thinking from critical thinking, identify thinking levels in statements, and formulate higher-order questions from text.
• Lesson Outline: Includes critical thinking vs. non-critical thinking, levels of thinking, critical thinker qualities, and the importance of critical thinking.

Critical Thinking vs. Non-critical Thinking

• Non-critical Thinking: Accepting information without examining it, involves a series of complex thoughts, constructing thoughts based on emotions, jumping to conclusions without proof.
• Critical Thinking: Making reasoned judgments, solving problems effectively.

Levels of Thinking

• Bloom's Taxonomy (1956): A framework classifying thinking levels important for learning.
• Revised Bloom's Taxonomy (2001): A revised version of the original model, updated for 21st-century students and teachers.
• Remembering: Retrieving, recognizing, and recalling information.
• Understanding: Constructing meaning from verbal and non-verbal messages with discussion, description, paraphrasing, or explanation.
• Applying: Using and implementing knowledge in various situations showing demonstration, solution, or info use.
• Analyzing: Breaking down ideas into parts, relating parts to one another through comparison, integration, or structuring.
• Evaluating: Making judgments on the value and validity of ideas and events based on certain rules or standards.
• Creating: Combining parts to form, design, or create a new output like production, designing or construction.

Exploring the First Three Levels of Thinking

• Remembering: Definition, memorization, recalling of information with example questions.
• Understanding: Discussion, description, paraphrasing, or explanation with example questions.
• Applying: Use and implementation of knowledge in various situations, demonstration, solution, information use with example questions.

Higher-Order Thinking Skills

• Analyzing: Break down ideas into parts, relate parts to one another and use questions needing comparison, integration, or structuring to develop critical analysis.
• Evaluating: Evaluating value and validity of ideas and events using questions demanding judgement and testing of ideas.
• Creating: Combining parts to form or design a new output with questions requiring production, designing or construction.

Activity 1.2 (Individual)

• Students read a text and classify given questions by their thinking level, then answer each question based on their classification. Relevant passage is included for context.

Qualities of a Critical Thinker

• Inquisitive: Examing and evaluating information carefully.
• Open-minded: Not settling for a superficial level of interpretation.
• Objective: Examining information without irrational emotions clouding judgment.

Importance of Critical Thinking in Reading and Writing

• Reading: Recognizing different texts, analyzing/reacting intelligently, comprehending messages, applying them to real-life situations, maximizing learning by evaluating materials.
• Writing: Creating well-written texts with clear purposes, evaluating and distinguishing information sources for use.