Bloom's+Taxonomy



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Six Types of Questions
There are six types of questions to ask your students. Make sure you are familiar with the nature of each and then apply the type of question most suitable for your purposes.

Knowledge (memorization)

 * Nature:** Students recall, remember, or recognize information
 * Key Words:** Name, list, recall, define, tell, match, who, what, when, where

Comprehension (understanding)

 * Nature:** Students, at a fundamental level, translate information into different forms, relate discrete facts, or generalize
 * Key Words:** Extrapolate, interpret, translate, describe, diagram, illustrate, state, explain, summarize, give an example, how many

Application (problem-solving)

 * Nature:** Students apply learned material to a new and concrete situation
 * Key Words:** Solve, predict, apply, use, extend, expand, if.....then, what if.....

Analysis (dissection)

 * Nature:** Students identify the component parts of a whole (e.g., problem or phenomena) and the relationships among the parts
 * Key Words:** Diagram, distinguish, analyze, identify, compare, contrast, why

Synthesis (creation)

 * Nature:** Students combine two or more elements into a new (for them) combination or set of relationships
 * Key Words:** Plan, create, devise, prove, relate, reorganize, combine, pull-together

Evaluation (judgment)

 * Nature:** Students critically assess the quality or judge the value of a piece of work based on internal evidence (e.g., logical consistency) or external criteria (e.g., efficiency)
 * Key Words:** Criticize, evaluate, grade, interpret, judge, justify, rank, rate


 * __62 Types of Questions and Why They Work__**

1. Are you saying…? Identifies someone’s language patterns. Makes sure that you understand what was said.

2. Are you willing to…? Tests someone’s limits.

3. Can you give me…? Encourages examples and specifics.

4. Can you remember…? Taps into someone’s memory.

5. Did you ask…? Questions someone’s questions.

6. Have you considered…? Non-threatening proposal of options. Proposes an option.

7. Have you given any thought to…? Suggestive, yet doesn’t sound like advice.

8. Have you thought about…? Forces someone to think!

9. How are you constantly…? DELETE Promotes consistency of action.

10. How are you creating…? Proves that someone has a choice.

11. How can you become…? Future oriented, motivational.

12. How can you make…? Enlists someone’s creativity.

13. How could you have…? Focused on past performance improvement.

14. How do you feel…? Feelings are good.

15. How do you measure…? Clarifies and specifies someone’s statement.

16. How do you plan to…? Future oriented, process oriented, action oriented.

17. How do you want…? Visualizes ideal conditions.

18. How does this relate to…? Keeps someone on point, uncovers connections between things.

19. How else could this be…? Encourages open, option-oriented and leverage-based thinking. Encourages open-ended thinking.

20. How long will it take to…? Clarifies time specifics.

21. How many different ways…? Enlists someone’s creativity, explores various options.

22. How many people…? Clarifies and specifies.

23. How might you…? All about potential and possibility.

24. How much energy…? Identifies patterns of energy investment. Identifies time and effort needed.

25. How much money…? Identifies patterns of financial investment. Identifies cost.

26. How much time each day…? Identifies patterns of (daily) time investment.

27. How much time…? Identifies patterns of energy investment. Identifies time and effort needed.

28. How often do you…? Gets an idea of someone’s frequency.

29. How well do you…? Uncovers abilities.

30. How will you know when/if…? Predicts outcomes of ideal situations.

31. If you could change…? Visualizes improvement.

32. If you had to…? Possibility thinking. Generates positive options.

33. If you showed your…? Imagining what others would say.

34. If you stopped…? Cause-effect question.

35. If you were…? Ideal situation.

36. In what areas…? Searching for multiple answers.

37. Is anybody going to…? Deciding if something even matters.

38. Is there any other…? Challenges someone to find ONE more answer.

39. Is there anything else…? Yep, there probably is. Answers are rarely absolute.

40. Is your idea…? Forces someone to think objectively.

41. On a scale from 1 to 10…? Putting a number to an emotion clarifies it. Rates something from good to bad.

42. What are some of the…? Encourages list making.

43. What are the biggest mistakes…? Negative based for preventative measures. Reevaluating unsuccessful actions.

44. What are the keys to…? Searching for best practices.

45. What are the patterns of…? Uncovering commonalities.

46. What are the things that…? Because there’s probably more than one answer.

47. What are the ways…? Freedom (not) to resign to one solution. Indicates that there is more than one solution.

48. What are you currently...? Assesses present situations.

49. What are you doing that…? Assesses present actions.

50. What are you willing to…? Explores limits.

51. What can I do to…? Demonstrates a desire to serve.

52. What can WE do to…? Partnership-oriented.

53. What can you do right now…? Focuses on immediate action being taken.

54. What can you do today…? Focuses on daily action being taken.

55. What causes your…? Uncovering true motives without the dreaded, "Why?"

56. What challenges are…? Identifies barriers.

57. What did you learn…? Because people don’t care what you know; only what you learned.

58. What do you need to…? Needs assessment.

59. What does that tell you about…? Encourages someone to figure out the answer individually.

60. What else can you…? Because there’s always options.

61. What evidence…? Because specificity is persuasion. Need to back up statement with examples.