Exam reflection
Below is an example of an activity I set up in my Year 9 Blog to encourage the students to develop higher order thinking skills. With Year 7 I had them read a passage from King Arthur and answer questions in each category. In groups they then read other books, devised questions in each category and posted these on their blogs. This certainly encouraged them to think in a variety of ways, although especially with English literature, I sometimes find it is still very hard for me to determine how to set a question in the application band. As a teacher I automaticaly ask the students demanding questions and keep probing as deeply as I can, but I don't often consciously think which particular level I am using.
In 1956, Bloom proposed a hierarchy of thinking skills. You may have used this taxonomy in Year 7 with your Independent Research Project on Historical Novels. Asking yourself questions at the higher levels helps you to develop your thinking skills. Some thinkers have revised Bloom’s Taxonomy to put Creating at the top. Exercise: Read the account of the Death of Socrates at the following website, and answer the questions. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/socrates.htm Knowledge: When did Socrates die? What else can you find out about Socrates? Comprehension: Why did Socrates die? Application: Analysis: What factors in the Athenian legal system and in Socrates’ own character led to his death? Synthesis: Compare the death of Socrates with the death of Jesus. What aspects of the moral teacher causes them to get into trouble with the authorities? Evaluation: Was Socrates right to choose death rather than exile when he had a wife and young children? Creative: Write a dialogue between Socrates and Jesus.
Look at the Monty Python Skit of the Soccer Match between the German and the Greek Philosophers. Did it give you any ideas that you might like to know more about?
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