THE giraffe TEST

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THE giraffe TEST
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1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?

• Stop and think about it and decide

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The correct answer is

• Open the refrigerator
• put in the giraffe
• close the door

• This question tests whether you tend to do
  simple things in an overly complicated way

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2. How do you put an elephant into a
refrigerator?

• Stop and think about it and decide

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• Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the
  elephant, and close the refrigerator?
• Wrong Answer.
• Correct Answer
• Open the refrigerator
• take out the giraffe
• put in the elephant
• close the door.
• This tests your ability to think through the
  repercussions of your previous actions.

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3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference.
All the animals attend.... except one. Which
animal does not attend?

• Stop and think about it and decide

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Correct Answer The Elephant. The elephant is in
the refrigerator. You just put him in
there. This tests your memory. Okay, even if
you did not answer the first three questions
correctly, you still have one more chance to show
your true abilities.
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4. There is a river you must cross but it is used
by crocodiles, and you do not have a boat. How do
you manage it?

• Stop and think about it and decide

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Correct Answer You jump into the river and swim
across. Have you not been listening? All the
crocodiles are attending the Animal
Meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly
from your mistakes.
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Higher Order Thinking An Introduction
Thinking is what happens when your mouth stops
and your brain keeps working. (Dennis the
Menace)
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The ability to think critically ask quality
questions go hand in hand. You can not do one
without the other. So, what is a good
question?
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The wrong questions lead you to dead ends, yes
and no answers, and simple responses that you can
find with simple recall.
Good questions lead to illumination,
understanding, deep rooted knowledge, and
inspiration.
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A Good Question

• Contributes to learning
• Sparks further questions and interest in seeking
  answers
• Involves critical and creative thinking
• Goes beyond recall of basic information
• Provides challenge but is not too threatening
• Is appropriate to the learning situation
• Builds on prior knowledge and makes connections
• Involves reflection and/or planning

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Lets pretend were in class. The teacher is
delivering the following lesson. You think you
understand, but do you really?
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The griney grollers grangled in the granchy gak.
1. What kind of grollers were they? 2. What did
the grollers do? 3. Where did they do it? 4. In
what kind of gak did they grangle? 5. Place one
line under the subject and two lines under the
verb.
These questions test your ability to read
decode text. However, they dont require you to
think critically and analyze the material. They
are often a students favorite because they are
easy, but are they the best you deserve?
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Try out these questions that test your critical
thinking skills. Well really be able to tell if
you understood or if you just absorbed the lesson.
6. Name two character traits associated with
grollers and explain why these traits make them
well equipped to grangle in a gak, granchy or
otherwise. 7. In one sentence, explain why-the
grollers were grangling in the granchy gak. Be
prepared to justify your answer with facts. 8.
If you had to grangle in a granchy gak, what one
item would you choose to have with you and why?
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Moral You can ask answer low-level questions
without thinking. If you dont ask the right
questions you will enter exit classrooms with
no more understanding of what you've learned than
"The Griney Groller" taught you! Just because
you can answer a few simple or easy questions,
doesnt mean you really understand. AVID students
need to take responsibility for their own
learning and ask questions that lead to true
knowledge.