Costa’s Levels of
Intellectual
Functioning
Costa’s Levels of Intellectual
Functioning
• Level 1
– defining
– describing
– identifying
– listing
– naming
– observing
– reciting
– scanning
Level 1
• Answers are “right
there” in the text.
Costa’s Levels of Intellectual
Functioning
• Level 2
– analyzing
– comparing
– contrasting
– grouping
– inferring
– sequencing
– synthesizing
Level 2
• Reading between the lines.
Costa’s Levels of Intellectual
Functioning
• Level 3
– applying a principle
– evaluating
– hypothesizing
– imagining
– judging
– predicting
– speculating
Level 3
• Moving
beyond the text.
What does
this mean
in the real
world?
Table Talk
• With your table group, read through
The Three Little Pigs
• Work together to sort questions at
each level of Costa’s Levels of
Intellectual Functioning.
• Be prepared to share out with the
class!
Table Talk Handouts
Table Talk
• With your table group, read through
Little Red Riding Hood
• Work together to write 6 questions
at each level of Costa’s Levels of
Intellectual Functioning.
• Be prepared to share out with the
class!
Table Talk Handouts
For Your AVID Binder
• Place this two-sided handout in
your AVID binder to help you
write level 2 and level 3
questions on your tutorial sheet.