THINKING SKILLS COMMON
QUESTIONS
cognition - mental process used in gaining knowledge
critical thinking - mental processes to decide whether something is true, false,
occasionally true, or even somewhat true
metacognition - knowing about knowing, e.g. knowing how and when to use a
learning strategy
The mental process used to gain knowledge is referred to as _____. - cognition
Bloom's Taxonomy was developed by the government. - False
Which is the correct order of thinking categories? - remember, understand, apply,
analyze, evaluate, create
The cognitive processes in the remember level of Bloom's Taxonomy include: - recognizing
recalling
Interpreting, exemplifying, classifying, summarizing, inferring, comparing, and explaining
are all processes within the _____ category of Bloom's Taxonomy. - understand
Choose the behaviors that are exhibited by someone who is using critical thinking. -
Questions ideas and beliefs
Gathers relevant information
Assesses information gathered
Tests conclusions against reasonable criteria
