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12/7/10. Copy HW Create a Cornell-notes sheet New Unit: Inquiry and the AVID Tutorial Essential Question: What are Costa’s Levels of Questions and how can I use them to make better grades?. Costa’s Levels of Questions. Mr. K.

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12/7/10

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  1. 12/7/10 • Copy HW • Create a Cornell-notes sheet New Unit: Inquiry and the AVID Tutorial Essential Question: What are Costa’s Levels of Questions and how can I use them to make better grades?

  2. Costa’s Levels of Questions Mr. K

  3. Inquiry (noun) Searching for answers by asking questions

  4. Level 1 Questions • The answer can be found in the text • Very concrete and relates only to the text • Asks for facts about what has been heard or read • Information is recalled in the exact way it was heard

  5. Level 1 Questions • Level 1 Words: • Define – tell what the meaning is • Describe – tell about • Identify/Name • List • Observe • Recite – say aloud from memory

  6. Level 1 Questions Examples • What is photosynthesis? • Define exposition. • Identify the starting date of the Civil War. • Recite the first two stanzas of the poem. • List all the steps in the scientific method in any order.

  7. Level 2 Questions • The answer can be inferred from the text. • Infer: to conclude or judge based on the information available • Information can be broken down into parts • Involves examining in detail, analyzing causes, making inferences, finding information to support big ideas or decision making • Questions combine information in a new way

  8. Level 2 Questions • Level 2 Words • Analyze – to break a big idea into parts • Synthesize – to put small parts together • Compare – to show the similarities • Contrast – to show the differences • Categorize/Group/Classify – to put into a group based on similarities • Sequence – to put in order

  9. Level 2 Questions Examples • Using a plot diagram, analyze the plot of the short story. • Compare the square root of 49 to the square root of 64. Which is greater? • Diagram and order the stages of photosynthesis. • Compare and contrast the two main characters. • Group the different questions according to Costa’s levels of questions.

  10. Level 3 Questions • The answer goes beyond the text or lecture. • Ask that judgments be made from information • Gives opinions about issues, judges the validity of ideas or other products and justifies opinions and ideas

  11. Level 3 Questions • Level 3 Words • Apply – to use knowledge/skills in a new setting • Evaluate/Judge – to judge, grade, say whether something is good or bad • Imagine • Hypothesize/Predict – to say what will happen next based on the information available

  12. Level 3 Questions Examples • Can you predict what will happen to the main character as she grows up? How will moving away from her home change her perspective about life? • Apply your knowledge of geometry and ratios to create a perfect scale model of Campbell Middle School. • Imagine you were in the main character’s situation. What would you do and how would you feel? • Evaluate your binder using your knowledge of organization. • What would life be like today if the South had won the Civil War?

  13. Level 3 Level 2 Level 1

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