Higher Order Thinking

All our knowledge results from questions, which is another way of saying that question-asking is our most important intellecctual tool.
(Postman, 1979: 140)

Often when teachers consider the development of thinking skills we use "Bloom's Taxonomy" as a guide. This taxonomy suggest that you cannot value or judge something until you:

1. know the facts
2. understand the facts
3. can apply the facts
4. can apply the facts
5. can take the facts apart
6. put the facts together in such a way that new perspectives are revealed

Asking good questions leads to better learning and leads to higher order thinking. It is critical as teachers that we learn the art of asking better questions and begin to expect better answers.

Excellent Book: Asking Better Questions by Norah Morgan & Juliana Saxton

Check out this website. Go here

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/researchskills/dalton.htm http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/mi/front_mi.htm