{"id":2291,"date":"2020-06-05T17:59:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T17:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-newpaltz-engcomp1\/?post_type=chapter&p=2291"},"modified":"2020-07-07T22:38:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T22:38:25","slug":"critical-thinking-part-iii","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-newpaltz-engcomp1\/chapter\/critical-thinking-part-iii\/","title":{"raw":"Critical Thinking and Higher Order Levels of Cognition (Thinking)","rendered":"Critical Thinking and Higher Order Levels of Cognition (Thinking)"},"content":{"raw":"

Critical Thinking in College<\/h1>\r\nMost of the reading and writing that you will do in college will require you to move beyond remembering and understanding material. You will be required to apply<\/strong> what you learn and create<\/strong> something new (i.e. and essay or project), and evaluate<\/strong> and analyze<\/strong> texts or information. All of these activities are higher order levels of thinking that require students to move beyond the lower two levels: remembering and understanding.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2307\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"445\"]\"Bloom's To view a clearer image of the chart above, go to this website: Bloom's Taxonomy<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>[\/caption]\r\n

Using Bloom's Taxonomy for Effective Learning<\/h2>\r\nAdapted from the article written by Beth Lewis\r\n\r\nThe hierarchy of\u00a0Bloom's Taxonomy\u00a0is the widely accepted framework through which all teachers should guide their students through the cognitive learning process. In other words, teachers use this framework to focus on higher-order thinking skills.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nYou can think of Bloom's Taxonomy as a pyramid, with simple knowledge-based recall\u00a0questions\u00a0at the base. Building up through this foundation, you can ask your students increasingly challenging questions to test their comprehension of a given material.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nUtility<\/strong>\r\n\r\nBy asking these\u00a0critical thinking\u00a0questions or higher-order questions, you are developing all levels of thinking. Students will have improved attention to detail, as well as an increase in their comprehension and problem-solving skills.\r\n\r\nLevels<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThere are six levels in the framework, here is a brief look at each of them and a few examples of the questions that you would ask for each component.\r\n