This document presents a hierarchy of six levels of thinking skills, ranging from the lowest order of recalling and identifying information to the highest order of explaining and rewriting learned concepts. Mastering lower order thinking skills like recall and comprehension serves as the foundation for developing higher order skills such as analysis, evaluation and creation.

1. TM
JUDGE / RELATE
ORIGINATE / COMPOSE
COMPARE / ANALYZE
ORGANIZE / APPLY
EXPLAIN / REWRITE
IDENTIFY / RECALL
KNOWLEDGE RETENTION
FOUNDATION FOR HIGHER ORDER THINKING