2.  Even in today's modern educational practices,
the art of questioning has remained one of the
best tools in promoting effective learning.
 In fact, questioning continues to be an essential
component of good teaching.
 There are even some people who believe that
the effectiveness of a teacher can be measured
by his ability to ask good questions. And yet
too many teachers take this teaching tool for
granted, or use it carelessly.

4.  The photograph "Coal Breaker Boys" was taken in Kingston,
Pennsylvania, between 1890 and 1910. It is available in the American
Memory Collection Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs
from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920,

5.  1. Bloom's Taxonomy
evaluation
synthesis
analysis
application
comprehension
knowledge

6. • Wh- words, choose find, define, label, list
Knowledge match, spell
- recalling facts, terms basic
concepts and answers
Comprehension • compare, contrast, infer demonstrate,
interpret, explain, illustrate, outline
- demonstrate understanding of relate,rephrase translate, summarize, show,
facts by organizing, comparing, classify
translating, describing & stating
main ideas
Application • apply, build, choose, construct, develop
Solve problems to new situations interview, make use of, organize plan, select,
by applying acquired solve, utilize, model, experiment
knowledge, facts, techniques,
and rules in a different way.

7. Analysis •analyze, categorize, classify, compare, contrast,
Examine and break information •discover, dissect, divide, examine, inspect,
into parts by identifying motives •simplify, survey, take part in, test for, distinguish,
or causes. Make inferences and •list, distinction theme, relationships, function,
find evidence to support •motive, inference, assumption, conclusion
generalizations
Synthesis
•build , choose, combine, compile , compose ,
Compile information together in •construct, create, design, develop, estimate
a different way by combining
elements in a new pattern or
proposing alternative solutions.
Evaluation •Conclude, criticize, decide, determine , evaluate,
Present and defend opinions by judge, prove, assess, deduct, perceive, opinion,
making judgments about recommend, agree
information, validity of ideas, or
quality of work based on a set of
criteria.

8.  The photograph "Coal Breaker Boys" was taken in Kingston,
Pennsylvania, between 1890 and 1910. It is available in the American
Memory Collection Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs
from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920,

9. Knowledge
When was this picture taken?
Where was this picture taken?
Comprehension
What is happening in this picture?
Why are these boys dressed like this?
Application
How would you describe the photograph to others?
What caption would you write for this photograph
(say, in a newspaper)?

10. Analysis
Why are these boys here and not in school?
What do you know about their lives based on this photo?
Synthesis
What might these boys say about their work in an interview
setting?
What might they say about their future?
Evaluation
What is the significance of this photo for the time period
depicted?
Compare this photo with one of three boys from today of the
same age. How are their lives similar? How are they different?

11. 2.Galdon’s Collapsed Categories of
Teaching
Literal Critical Inferential Creative

12.  LITERAL LEVEL COMPREHENSION
- Understanding explicitly stated information.
- Reading along the lines.
Questions ask for:
- details
- sequence of events
- character traits
- cause and effect relationships

13.  INFERENTIAL LEVEL COMPREHENSION
› Understanding implicitly stated information.
› Reading between the lines.
Questions ask for:
- conclusions
- recognition of hidden meanings
- generalizations
- translations of old knowledge into new insights

14.  INFERENTIAL LEVEL COMPREHENSION
Examples:
What do you think Angelo should do?
What do you think was meant by……?
What evidence can you cite for the
inference?

15.  CRITICAL LEVEL COMPREHENSION
› Understanding of information so that value judgments
can be made.
› Reading beyond the lines.
Questions ask for:
- value of theories
- comparison and discrimination between and among
ideas
- choices and reasoning
- judgments

16.  CRITICAL LEVEL COMPREHENSION
Examples:
Does the character’s idea make sense? Why?
If you were the character, would you do the same
thing? Why?
Do you think the author chose the best title for
this story? Explain.
Differentiate fact from opinion?
Given the situation, what decision would you
make?

17.  CREATIVE LEVEL COMPREHENSION
› Involves making personal responses.
› Application of what has been read.
› Questions are geared for:
› action/ demonstration
› use of new methods, concepts into different situations
› solving problems and using skills and knowledge in
text

18.  CREATIVE LEVEL COMPREHENSION
Examples:
› Create a song/ poem/jingle/ rap/ dance that would
express how you understand the story.
› If you were the author, how would you end the story?
› What could be a better title for this story?
› Propose a solution to …….
› Organize a plan to…….
› Think of some new ways to ……
› Write a…..