WHERE ARE THE STUDENTS ON THE PATH BETWEEN BLOOM’S TAXONOMY AND THE CRITICAL THINKING

Can you prove that Earth is round?

Thinking skills

High Order Thinking Skills- Analysis- Evaluation- Creation

Low Order Thinking Skills- Acquiring new knowledge- Understanding of acquired knowledge- Using knowledge in certain situation

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Cognitive domain

Affective domain

Psychomotor domain

Covers acquired knowledge and mental skills

Covers behavior, emotions and personal attitudes

Covers relation between physical activity and mental processes

Bloom’s Taxonomy – Cognitive Domain

Remembering

Understanding

Applying

Analysing

EvaluatingCreating

Critical Thinking

Ask Questions Analyse Answers

Distinguish Observation from Conclusion

Generalisation

Inductive and Deductive Thinking

Hypothetical Thinking

Self-Evaluation

Is this calculation correct?

1$ = 100¢= 10¢ ⋅ 10¢=

=(1/10)$ ⋅ (1/10)$==(1/100)$

=1¢73%

27%

Yes No

If we straighten the rope, which of the givenlengths is closest to its length?

a) 5сm b) 6сm c) 7сm d) 8сm

1. The rope is now 5 cm long and the folded part is 1cm long, so if we straighten the rope, it will be 6cm long.2. It will be 8 cm long because when we straighten it, it will start at 0 cm.

3. One of the students does not give an explanation, but gives the solution in a form of mathematical equation: 3+1+2=6.

Which of the dynamometersshows bigger weight?

Student 1: Container A has bigger weight because wood has such property that it always stays at the water surface, so if the wood is attached to the bottom of the container B, it will move the container upwards, as a result of which the container A will have bigger weight.

53%

22%

25%

Dyn. B Same Dyn. A

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