Costa`s Level of Inquiry
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A Learners Guide
Inquiry
is an important part of any
classroom. Inquiry-based learning
focuses on the student as learner,
developing skillful, open-ended
questioning skills. Being able to
recognize different levels of questions is
beneficial for all students, whether it is in
math, humanities, science, or any other
class.
Dr. Art
Costa developed the three levels
of questions used in inquiry in the
classroom.
Truly understanding the three levels of
questions explained in the following
slides is critical for student success. It
will make you a better student, not only at
GMS but in high school and when you
are enrolled in college.
Level
One Questions are “Text
Explicit.”
This
means that you can point to one
correct answer right in the text. These
questions are basic comprehension
questions and require little if any real
thought.
Words
found in these
questions include:
define
observe
describe
name
identify
recite
note
list
Questions
are often
written using the
words:
Who
What
Where
When
Who
is the protagonist in The Hunger
Games? (Humanities)
What was the first battle of the American
Revolution? (Humanities)
Define tangent. (Math)
List the steps in photosynthesis. (Science)
What are the primary and secondary
colors on the color wheel? (Art)
Where is stage left and stage right?
(Drama)
Level Two
Implicit.”
This
Questions are “Text
means that readers infer answers
from what the text implicitly states,
finding answers in several places in the
text.
Another way to say this is that you make a
judgment or conclusion using evidence
from what you have read.
Words
found in these
questions include:
analyze
group
synthesize
compare/contrast
infer
sequence
Questions
are often
written using the
words:
How
Why
Compare
and contrast Percy and Annabeth
in Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief.
(Humanities)
Analyze the causes of the American
Revolution. (Humanities)
Compare the square root of 49 to the square
root of 64. Which is greater? (Math)
Diagram and order the life stages of a
milkweed bug. (Science)
Why did the Roman Empire eventually fall?
(Humanities)
Level Three
Questions are
“Experience Based.”
This
means that readers must think
beyond what the text states.
Answers to the questions are based on
your prior knowledge and experiences
and will not be the same as other
student’s answers.
Words
found in these
questions include:
evaluate
judge
apply
speculate
imagine
predict
hypothesize
Questions
are often
written using the
words:
Could
Should
Would
Predict
how Katniss Everdeen will change if
she survives. (Humanities)
Could you survive as a 13 year old male in
Sparta.? How would you be successful?
(Humanities)
Apply the Pythagorean theorem to the find
the measurement of this triangle. (Math)
Diagram the stages of photosynthesis and
predict how long each takes. (Science)
Evaluate the use of light in Monet’s Giverny
series of paintings. (Art)
Level
1 (the lowest level) requires you
to gather information.
Level 2 (the middle level) requires you
to process the information.
Level 3 (the highest level) requires you
to apply the information.
There are one-story intellects,
two-story intellects,
and three-story intellects with skylights.
All fact collectors who have
no aim beyond their facts
are one-story people.
Two-story people compare, reason,
generalize, using the labor of
fact collectors as their own.
Three-story people idealize,
imagine, predict—their best illumination
comes through the skylight.
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