Arthur Costas Model of Intellectual Functioning in three Levels

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Arthur Costas Model of Intellectual Functioning
in three Levels

• Level 1- Information
• Level 2 Processing
• Level 3 - Application

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Level 1 - Information

• Define
• Describe
• Identify
• List

• Name
• Observe
• Recite
• Scan

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Level 1 - Questions

• What is the definition of epiphany? (Defining)
• Identify the 3 traps Rainsford used trying to
  kill Zaroff. (Identifying)
• Name the 5 parts of a short storys plot
  structure. (Naming)
• Recite the opening lines of the Prologue to
  Romeo and Juliet. (Reciting)

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Level 2 - Processing

• Analyze
• Compare
• Contrast
• Group

• Infer
• Sequence
• Synthesize

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Level 2 - Questions

• In The Most Dangerous Game how do Rainsfords
  and Whitneys views toward the animals they hunt
  differ? (Contrasting)
• Based on what you read in Harrison Bergeron,
  How do you think Kurt Vonnegut would feel about
  the ACLU? (Inferring)
• When will high tide and low tide occur over the
  next 5 days? (Sequencing)

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Level 3 - Application

• Apply
• Evaluate
• Hypothesize
• Imagine

• Judge
• Predict
• Speculate

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Level 3 - Questions

• Of the short stories you read, which one taught
  you the best lesson and why? (Evaluating)
• Imagine making a modern version of Oedipus Rex.
  Write a short treatment outlining your story.
  (Imagining)
• What do you think happened to the sniper after he
  found out he had killed his brother? (speculating)