Class meeting030813b

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Reading Comprehension andLevels of Questioning

in the Content Area

Levels of Questioning

• Context: Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised)• Strategy: Ciardiello’s Levels of Questioning

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Bloom | Verb List

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

The Nature of the Question

• Name and label the parts of a castle. • Compare the lifestyles of a knight, a serf,

and a manor lord in the Middle Ages.

• How did the invention of the Gutenberg printing press propel the Renaissance forward?

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Question Analysis

Q1: What is the capital of Maine?

Q2: What do you think Hamlet meant when he said, "to be or not to be, that is the question?"

Q3: According to our definition of socialism, which of the following nations would be considered to be socialist?

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Question Analysis

Q4: After studying the French, American, and Russian revolutions, what can you conclude about the causes of a revolution?

Q5: Write a letter to the editor on a social issue of concern to you.

Q6: Make a collage of pictures and words that represents your beliefs and feelings about the issue.

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

• Find the perimeter. • Draw a six-sided irregular polygon with a perimeter of 23 units. Show all dimensions.

The Nature of the Question

4 cm

3 cm3 cm

3 cm3 cm

4 cm

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

• Altering assessment can “open” them to provide truer pictures of what students know and can do.

• With alternative tasks students are more engaged in target knowledge and have a greater range of opportunity to demonstrate what they know and can do.

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Deconstructing the CCSS

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.5 Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to an understanding of the topic.

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.6 Analyze the author’s purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text.

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.9 Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic.

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Deconstructing the CCSS

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Resources• SC State Department Supporting Documents

http://www.ed.sc.gov/

http://ed.sc.gov/agency/se/teacher-effectiveness/standards-and-curriculum/

http://ed.sc.gov/agency/se/Teacher-Effectiveness/Standards-and-Curriculum/Mathematics.cfm

http://ed.sc.gov/agency/se/Teacher-Effectiveness/Standards-and-Curriculum/Science.cfm

• Common Core Standardshttp://www.corestandards.org/

Ciardiello’s Four Levels of Questioning

MemoryConvergentDivergentEvaluative

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Ciardiello’s Four Levels of Questioning

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Memory Convergent Divergent Evaluative

Ciardiello’s Four Levels of Questioning

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Memory Convergent Divergent Evaluative

Signal words

Cognitive operations

Ciardiello’s Four Levels of Questioning

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Memory Convergent Divergent Evaluative

Signal words Who, what, where, when?

Cognitive operations

Ciardiello’s Four Levels of Questioning

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Memory Convergent Divergent Evaluative

Signal words Who, what, where, when?

Cognitive operations

Naming, defining, identifying, designating

Ciardiello’s Four Levels of Questioning

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Memory Convergent Divergent Evaluative

Signal words Who, what, where, when?

Why, how, in what ways?

Cognitive operations

Naming, defining, identifying, designating

Ciardiello’s Four Levels of Questioning

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Memory Convergent Divergent Evaluative

Signal words Who, what, where, when?

Why, how, in what ways?

Cognitive operations

Naming, defining, identifying, designating

Explaining, stating relationships, comparing and contrasting

Ciardiello’s Four Levels of Questioning

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Memory Convergent Divergent Evaluative

Signal words Who, what, where, when?

Why, how, in what ways?

Imagine, suppose, predict, if/then

Cognitive operations

Naming, defining, identifying, designating

Explaining, stating relationships, comparing and contrasting

Ciardiello’s Four Levels of Questioning

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Memory Convergent Divergent Evaluative

Signal words Who, what, where, when?

Why, how, in what ways?

Imagine, suppose, predict, if/then

Cognitive operations

Naming, defining, identifying, designating

Explaining, stating relationships, comparing and contrasting

Predicting, hypothesizing, inferring, reconstructing

Ciardiello’s Four Levels of Questioning

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Memory Convergent Divergent Evaluative

Signal words Who, what, where, when?

Why, how, in what ways?

Imagine, suppose, predict, if/then

Defend, judge, justify/what do you think?

Cognitive operations

Naming, defining, identifying, designating

Explaining, stating relationships, comparing and contrasting

Predicting, hypothesizing, inferring, reconstructing

Ciardiello’s Four Levels of Questioning

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Memory Convergent Divergent Evaluative

Signal words Who, what, where, when?

Why, how, in what ways?

Imagine, suppose, predict, if/then

Defend, judge, justify/what do you think?

Cognitive operations

Naming, defining, identifying, designating

Explaining, stating relationships, comparing and contrasting

Predicting, hypothesizing, inferring, reconstructing

Valuing, judging, defending, justifying

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Poll

• http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/ODQ0NTY5MDUw

• http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/LTE1MjU1NDQxNjU

• http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MTA0ODUxNDUzOQ

Ciardiello’s Four Levels of Questioning

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Content area examples

Ciardiello’s Four Levels of Questioning

1. Think about generating questions.2. Choose a section from your content textbook.3. Develop two questions at each Ciardello level .4. Share your questions with others in the group.5. Select the “best” question for each level.6. Report that best question to the class. Explain the

level and where it fits on Bloom’s taxonomy as well.

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Activity

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Let’s Try It!

AEDR 518 and AEDS 446

Q & A