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Review of WEBEX 1
8 May 2017
Relation between HOTS as teaching
strategy and questioning
Types of questions
Today’s topics
o Why HOTS?
o Types of questions
o Questions stems
o Sample of questions
Why HOTS ?
• An individual with high level thinking will be able to use the new
information or prior knowledge and manipulate information to
obtain a reasonable response to new situations.
• Students with higher order thinking skills are able to find new
ways to solve their daily problems and make appropriate
decisions.
• Questions or tasks should be contextualized
Types of Questions
Types of reading
comprehension questions
- The Frog Prince
- Issun Boshi
1. Factual
2. Interpretive
3. Evaluative
FACTUAL QUESTION
o Has more than one answer that can be supported with evidence
from the text.
o The answers are indirectly or implicitly stated
EVALUATIVE QUESTION
Evaluative
evaluating
creating analysing
Factual Interpretive
applying
remembering understanding
1.
Lower Order thinking
LOT
Explicitly-given answer
Closed
Recall-related
Examples
Did all the fairies give What was the thing that
a good magic gift to Who put a curse on made the Princess and
the new born the princess? the whole kingdom
princess? asleep?
LOT
QUESTION
Stems
1. Remembering
Examples
QUESTION STEMS
SKILLS DEMONSTRATED
KEY WORDS
X Do you agree/believe that
Compare & disciminate
……….? Explain! o Assess
between ideas
✘ What judgement would you o Decide
Assess values
make about …..? o Grade
Make choices based on
✘ How would you prioritise…….? o Recommend
reasoned argument
✘ Which is the best solution o Judge
Verify value of evidence
…….? Why do you think so? o Explain
Recognise subjectivity
✘ Whose arguments/evidence o Conclude
is more convincing? Why? o Criticise
✘ Predict what will happen
next ?
✘ Give your opinion ….
6. Creating
SAMPLES OF QUESTION
The questions are based
on the fairy tales
entitled “Issun Boshi”
The text is available at Edmodo
LOT-Questions
✘ Where did the story happen? ✘ Why did the couple call him ✘ What would you do if you
✘ What was the child’s name? Ishun Boshi? met two evil giants?
✘ Where did the child go when ✘ Why did Ishun Boshi leave his ✘ If you had only one weapon
he was 15 years old? parents at the age of 15 to fight the giants, what
✘ What did he use as a sword years old? would it be?
to fight the giant? ✘ Why did the giant swallow ✘ If you were Issun Boshi, how
✘ What did the magical object him? would you defeat the giants?
left by the two giants? ✘ What happened to Issun ✘ If you had a magical mallet,
✘ Describe who Issun Boshi Boshi and the girl? what would you wish for?
worked for! ✘ Who can retell the story?
✘ Where did Issun Boshi and ✘ How did Ishun Boshi get
the girl go? out of the giant’s stomach?
✘ What did Issun Boshi and the
girl do with the hammer?
HOT-Questions
✘ What can you tell about ✘ What do you think about the ✘ If you were Issun Boshi what
Issun Boshi? characteristics of Issun would you do differently to
✘ What evidence can you Boshi? escape from the giants?
present for your previous ✘ Do you think that kindness ✘ How would you change the
statement? and bravery are important ending of the story?
✘ In your opinion, what was the in life? ✘ Can you make different
intention of the two giants to ✘ Do you think that inviting version of the story?
Issun Boshi and the girl? his parents to live with him is
✘ What made Issun Boshi a good thing to do? Why or
choose to seek a job in the why not?
capital city? ✘ Do you think the story of
✘ If Issun Boshi did not have Issun Boshi might happen
the needle, what weapon, do nowadays?
you think, would he use to
defeat the giant?
The questions are based
on the fairy tales
entitled “The Frog Prince”
The text is available at Edmodo
LOT-Questions
✘ What colour was the ✘ Why did the princess cry ✘ If you were the princess,
princess’ ball? when her ball fell into a small what animal do you prefer
✘ What did the frog ask in pond? than a frog? Why?
return of her ball? ✘ Why did not the princess pick ✘ What would you promise to
✘ What did the frog change the ball herself? the frog if you were the
into? ✘ Could you explain why the princess?
princess tend to forget her ✘ Would you jump to a pond if
promises to the frog? your precious thing fell into
✘ Could you retell the story it? Give your reasons!
using your own words or in
your native language?
HOT-Questions
✘ What can you infer about the ✘ What lesson did the king ✘ How would you modify the
princess’ personality? teach the princess? story?
✘ Do you think that the ✘ Do you believe that we must ✘ What advice would you give
princess would keep her keep our promises? Explain to the princess when she
promise? your reasons! ignored the frog?
✘ Why do you think the ✘ How would you judge the ✘ What might happen if the
princess forget her promise princess’ act? princess did not keep her
to the frog? What evidence ✘ Do you think this kind of promise?
can you present for your story could happen in our ✘ How might the story change
statement? live? if the princess herself
✘ Why do you think the prince retrieved the golden ball?
was cursed into a frog?
✘ Why was the princess afraid?
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