Student-Generated Higher Order Thinking Questions

Bloom's Taxonomy, in its various forms, represents the process of learning.  It was developed in 1956 by Benjamin Bloom and modified again in the 1990's by Bloom's former student, Lorin Anderson.

Many teachers create lessons and assessments based on Revised Bloom's Taxonomy (RBT) question stems in order to promote higher order thinking skills (HOTS).  How many of us push our students to create their own HOT questions???

I recently visited two 6th grade ELA classrooms at North Asheboro Middle School.  Co-teachers Chris Burian and Matt Edwards collaborated with co-teachers Meredith Wolfe and Kerry Brooks to create a lesson that scaffolded HOT question creation for students.  Here are pictures of their key word "thermometers" that took students from mild to medium to HOT!

HOT Questions Lesson at NAMS on PhotoPeach

Now it's your turn to think about how you can get students to create HOT questions.  If you need another idea, check out this Youtube video about using your SMART board  for a student-generated HOT review  game.


~Chandra