Costa’s Levels of Intellectual Functioning

Costa’s Levels of Intellectual Functioning

• Level 1– defining– describing– identifying– listing– naming– observing– reciting– scanning

Costa’s Levels of Intellectual Functioning

• Answers are “right there” in the text.

Level 1

• Level 2– analyzing– comparing– contrasting– grouping– inferring – sequencing– synthesizing

Costa’s Levels of Intellectual Functioning

• Reading between the lines.

Level 2

• Level 3– applying a principle– evaluating– hypothesizing – imagining– judging– predicting– speculating

Costa’s Levels of Intellectual Functioning

• Moving beyond the text.

Level 3

What does this mean in the real world?

• With your table group, read through The Three Little Pigs

• Work together to sort questions at each level of Costa’s Levels of Intellectual Functioning.

• Be prepared to share out with the class!

Table Talk

Table Talk Handouts

• With your table group, read through Little Red Riding Hood

• Work together to write 6 questions at each level of Costa’s Levels of Intellectual Functioning.

• Be prepared to share out with the class!

Table Talk

Table Talk Handouts

• Place this two-sided handout in your AVID binder to help you write level 2 and level 3 questions on your tutorial sheet.

For Your AVID Binder