The Three Levels of Questions: The Cinderella Exercise

Explore the three levels of questioning - Recall, Analysis/Inference, and Synthesis - using the Cinderella story as an example. Develop questions that range from simple facts to deeper meaning and application of information. Practice crafting questions for each level to enhance critical thinking skills.

• Questioning techniques
• Critical thinking
• Cinderella
• Education
• Reading comprehension

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1. THE THREE LEVELS OF QUESTIONS: (AKA THE CINDERELLA EXERCISE) http://teachers.usd497.org/kgrinnel/3l evelsofquestions.htm

2. LEVEL I: RECALL Recall is simple remembering. For these questions, the answer is in the text; It is explicit, fact (fully and clearly expressed; leaving nothing implied). Examples: What were Cinderella's slippers made out of? How did Cinderella get to the ball?

3. LEVEL II: ANALYSIS/INFERENCE Inference is the act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true. Questions require answers that are implicit. Discovering what is implied rather than stated Analysis asks how and why, and requires analysis of the text, reading between the lines, finding hidden meaning. (understood though not directly expressed) Examples: Why does Cinderella's stepmother care whether or not she goes to the ball? Why did everything turn back the way it was except the glass slipper? Why don't the step-sisters like Cinderella?

4. LEVEL III: SYNTHESIS Go beyond the text and inquire into the value, importance and application of the information presented. Examples: Does a woman's salvation always lie with a man? What does it mean to live happily ever after? Does good always overcome evil?

5. PRACTICE: ARTICLE 1 Using the first article, A Word of Caution, write one question (on your notes) for each level. Be ready to share

6. PRACTICE: ARTICLE 2 Using the first article, Turn off the phone, write one question (on your notes) for each level. Be ready to share