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Costa’s Levels of Thinking AVID Standard 1.3 Refine personal and academic goals The Inquiry Method •“The goal of the inquiry method is to help students become more aware of the range of problemsolving and critical-thinking behaviors available to them and to improve their ability to apply these behaviors when they are confronted with a problem to which they have no ready answer.” Art Costa Why Use Inquiry? •Historically, state and national surveys indicate that approximately 80% of the questions K-12th grade students are exposed to are lower-level questions. • In college this trend reverses, and students are asked to deal primarily with high-level critical questions. Costa’s Level of Questioning • LEVEL 1- Book Only The answer can be found in the text (either directly or indirectly). Texts include books, lectures, or straight from the horse’s mouth. This type of question is very concrete and pertains only to the text; it asks for facts about what has been heard or read. Information is recalled in the exact manner/form it was heard. Level 1 • Key Words: Defining Scanning Describing Reciting Identifying Observing Listing Naming Example Questions: •What is the definition of “lunar eclipse?” (definition) •How can we express the equation 2x(4-5y)=3y-26 in three ways (list) •What states seceded from the Union to form the Confederacy (identification) •How does “The Road Not Taken” (Frost) begin? (recitation) Costa’s Level of Questioning • LEVEL 2- Book and Brain The answer can be inferred from the text. This type question, although more abstract than a level one question, still relies on the facts. With a level two question, the brain has to use the facts. Answers combine information in a new way. Information can be broken down into parts; it involves examining in detail, analyzing motives or causes, making inferences, finding information to support generalizations or decision-making. Level 2 • Key Words: Analyzing Comparing Grouping Contrasting Inferring Sequencing Synthesizing Example Questions: •In Native Son how does Bigger Thomas’ violence against his gang members reveal a deeply-rooted insecurity and fear of people? (analysis) •How does the term “Manifest Destiny” capture the essence of western expansion in the United States? (synthesis) •If the moon is full Aug.17, July 18, and June 19, when will it be full in April? (inference) Costa’s Level of Questioning • LEVEL 3- Brain Only The answer goes beyond the text. This type of question is abstract and does not pertain directly to the text. These questions ask that judgments be made from information. They also give opinions about issues, judge the validity of ideas or other products and justify opinions and ideas. Level 3 • Key Words: Evaluating Imagining Hypothesizing Judging Speculating Predicting Applying a principle Example Questions: •Using the principle of commutative property, how can we find out the number of apple trees in an orchard having 15 rows, 5 trees each? (application) •Which of the characters in Great Expectations suffered the most? (judgment) •Without the idea of “Manifest Destiny” what might the United States look like today? (speculation) Write Around •Each individual in your group will have a picture. •The write around process begins with each person writing a higher order thinking (h.o.t.) question on their paper. •After a couple minutes, the facilitator will ask you to pass your paper to the person sitting on your right. •You will then add another h.o.t question to the paper passed to you. •Repeat this process until you receive your own paper back and have a dialogue around the types of questions you see added to your paper. Picture #1 • In the photograph Thomas Hoepker took on 11 September 2001, a group of New Yorkers sit chatting in the sun in a park in Brooklyn. Picture #2 • As the primary photographer of the first successful manned lunar mission, Neil Armstrong appeared very infrequently in the photos he took on the Moon. Picture #3 • The very first pictures taken in Hiroshima was by Yoshito Matsushige who was just outside the blastzone; he looked out of his window into a large mushroom cloud, and took the only photographs taken of Hiroshima on that calamitous day. Picture #4 • In 1970, Dr. Oscar Auerbach revealed that he had trained 86 beagles to smoke and 20 of them developed cancers. It was an experiment that proved for the first time the link between large animals exposed to cigarette smoke and cancer. Interests, Hobbies, and Talents • List all interests, hobbies, and talents – try to include at least one of each INTERESTS, HOBBIES, AND TALENTS: ♦ Music ♦ Physical Fitness ♦ Curriculum Development Sports • List all sports you have been involved in • school sports • club sports SPORTS: ♦ Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu 1996- Present References • List at least three references – choose people who know you in different ways • character • work ethic • volunteer work • academic REFERENCES: ♦ Paul Dautremont, Principal at West Hills High School ♦ Pete Mergens, Teacher at West Hills High School ♦ Beverly Simpson, Owner of Beverly Ann’s Donuts & Yogurt (619) 956-0400 (619) 956-0538 (619) 555-0001 Résumé Tips • Must fit on one page • Keep it simple • Formats vary • List most recent information first