Higher Order Thinking

When practicing HOTS in the classroom, most questions should be at one of the top three levels.

• True
• False

The ultimate goal of HOTS is for students to...

• be able to answer all the teacher's questions successfully
• develop purposeful questions of their own
• work together collaboratively
• recall information quickly

Which of the following is higher order thinking in Bloom’s Taxonomy?

• Understanding

• Creating

• Evaluating

What level can you associate the verb “label” with?

• Remembering

• Creating

• Applying

Reorganize elements into a new structure refers to…

• Creating

• Applying

• Analyzing

All learning objectives should contain a stem sentence.

• True

• False

After completing this module, you will be able to write learning objectives.

• The stem sentence is before the comma.

• The stem sentence is after the comma.

Choose the verb that best describes a learning objective.

• Understand

• Design

• Know

• Learn

Students have to first learn facts and concepts (lower level thinking) before they can learn to apply them (higher level thinking).

• True

• False

Level of difficulty and level of thinking are two different aspects of learning.

• True

• False