Costa'S Levels Of Questioning Form For Avid

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Levels of Questioning
Costa's
for AVID
Level 1
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Factual. "Just look it up."
• What is __ • When • Who • Where • How many/much/long
• Why, according to...? • How, according to...?
A Level 1 question gives you all the information you need to find a definite answer.
=>
Level 2
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Interpretive.
"Read between the lines."
• Compare & contrast • Analyze • Relate • Interpret
• Find patterns • Why, judging by the book's description... ?
• How, guessing by __'s account...?
=> A Level 2 question requires you to interpret part of the question to answer it.
Hint: You may choose to justify your interpretation and choices,
or describe (analyze) the possible interpretations.
Level 3
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Reflective/Open-Ended.
"Beyond the lesson."
• Reflect on • Apply • Decide • Justify • Prove
• Give your opinion • Explain your reasoning
• Imagine • What if__? • "...in a different situation...",
• Find an analogy or metaphor • Come up with a new way
• Evaluate
: good/bad, better/worse, effective/ineffective, practical/impractical,
beneficial/detrimental, appropriate/inappropriate,certain/uncertain,
possible/impossible, necessary/unnecessary. .
.
• Why, based on all that you know...? • How, based on your own experience...?
=> A Level 3 question is open-ended. You must provide your own interpretations
and evaluate different options to provide your own answers in your own way.
Hint: You may choose to describe your evaluation process:
ex. "Assuming ‘A’, there are these options…; comparing/contrasting
the options, weighing the differences and similarities, taking into account my own
preferences (x, y, z) – the appropriate choice is___. But if we assume 'B', ...."
What level are these questions?
• What does our book say is the primary cause of the American Civil War?
Level 1 - It's strictly factual. Just look it up. There is only one answer
.
• What do historians say is the primary cause of the American Civil War?
Level 2 - "Which historians?" Different historians give different answers
.
• What was the primary cause of the American Civil War?
Level 3 - Your answer totally depends on your own perspective, giving consideration
to domestic and worldwide pressures, evaluation of historical research, as well as
your own beliefs. There is no single "right" way to answer this question, but you can
choose to be more thorough, balanced, insightful, and logical.
• HINTS for Answering Level-3 Questions •
Some Level-3 questions may appear simple – but below the surface, there may be MANY
fine answers. When questions are “vague”, figure out what you need to know – then fill
in the blanks yourself! “If A , then ___; If B, then ___, etc.” Look through the possibilities
for patterns, and discuss them, too. Sum them up, then start again looking for new sets of
possibilities and patterns. Level-3 answers don’t end – until you decide they do!
Rev 8/15/06 rik

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