QUESTIONS AFFECT COGNITIVE LEVEL OF THINKING
COGNITIVE LEVEL
VERBS
SUGGESTED QUESTIONS
Knowledge
Identify
Recognize
Remember/Recall
What do you know?
What do you want to find out?
What do you notice?
Comprehension
Classify
Compare/Contrast
Explain
Give an example
Infer
Interpret
Summarize
Understand
Why do you think that?
What were you thinking as you
came to that conclusion?
How is your solution different
from another student’s answer?
Can you state the problem in
your own words?
Is there enough/extra
information?
Application
Apply a procedure to an
unfamiliar task
Carry out a plan
Execute
Implement
Who can show us a different
strategy?
How did you solve the problem?
What did you do in order to find
the solution?
Why did you…?
What made you think…?
Analysis
Deconstruct
Differentiate
Discriminate
Distinguish
Integrate
Organize
Structure
Is there only one solution?
Is your plan reasonable?
Does your solution answer the
question?
Have you used all of the facts?
Have you identified all of the
possibilities?
Does your answer meet all of
the conditions of the problem?
Evaluate
Assess understanding
Check
Critique
Detect
Monitor
How do you know you have a
solution?
Can you convince someone that
you are right?
Can you prove your answer is
correct?
Is your answer reasonable?
Would you use a different plan
next time?
How did you know to try that
strategy?
Synthesis
Construct
Design
Extend
Generalize
Generate
Hypothesize
Predict
Will this work with every
number?
Can you predict what will
happen if…?
What would happen if we
change…?
What would make this problem
more difficult?
Can you generalize your
findings?
Judy Melton (12/7/08)