QUESTION PROMPT CARDS
Bloom’s Taxonomy is probably the most well-known hierarchy of assessing thinking.
Level One: Knowledge – Ask students to identify and recall information.
Level Two: Comprehension – Ask students to organize information or put it in another form.
Level Three: Application – Have students use facts, rules, and principles.
Level Four: Analysis – Ask students to break information into parts.
Level Five: Synthesis – Invite students to compile information in a new way.
Level Six: Evaluation – Ask students to develop an opinion or make judgments.
Prompt Cards
Cut apart the attached question prompts and glue them to index cards. Punch a hole in the corner of the cards and attach to a book ring. Flip through the cards to ask higher-level questions. Click here to download.
Hint! Color code according to the level of difficulty.