Can your students makes decisions based
on in-depth reflection, criticism and assessment?
Consider your role as the teacher.... Think about the student role...
  • Clarify
  • Accept
  • Guide
  • Judge
  • Dispute
  • Compare
  • Critique
  • Question
  • Argue
  • Assess
  • Decide
  • Select
  • Justify
  • Active participant
Skills to be demonstrated by students include...
  • compare and discriminate between ideas
  • assess value of theories, presentations
  • make choices based on reasoned argument
  • verify value of evidence
  • recognize subjectivity
Key words to consider as you develop objectives and questions...
  • agree
  • appraise
  • argue
  • assess
  • award
  • choose
  • compare
  • conclude
  • contrast
  • criteria
  • criticize
  • critique
  • debate
  • decide
  • deduce
  • deduct
  • defend
  • determine
  • discriminate
  • dispute
  • disprove
  • estimate
  • evaluate
  • explain
  • importance
  • infer
  • influence
  • interpret
  • judge
  • justify
  • measure
  • mark
  • opinion
  • perceive
  • Predict
  • prioritize
  • prove
  • rank
  • rate
  • recommend
  • re-frame
  • reject
  • revise
  • rule on
  • Score
  • select
  • support
  • Validate
  • value
Sample Questions
  • Do you agree with the actions...? with the outcome...?
  • What is your opinion of...?
  • How would you prove...? Disprove...?
  • Can you asses the value or importance of...?
  • Would it be better if...?
  • Why did they (the character) choose...?
  • What would you recommend...?
  • How would you rate the...?
  • What would you cite to defend the actions...?
  • How would you evaluate...?
  • How could you determine...?
  • What choice would you have made...?
  • What would you select...?
  • How would you prioritize...?
  • What judgment would you make about...?
  • Based on what you know, how would you explain...?
  • What information would you use to support the view...?
  • How would you justify...?
  • What data was used to make the conclusion...?
  • Why was it better that...?
  • How would you prioritize the facts...?
  • How would you compare the ideas...? People...?
  • Is there a better solution to...?
  • Judge the value of... What do you think about...?
  • Can you defend your position about...?
  • Do you think...is a good or bad thing?
  • How would you have handled...?
  • What changes to.. would you recommend?
  • Do you believe...? How would you feel if. ..?
  • How effective are. ..?
  • What are the consequences..?
  • What influence will....have on our lives?
  • What are the pros and cons of....?
  • Why is ....of value?
  • What are the alternatives?
  • Who will gain and who will loose? 

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Possible Projects/Assignments
  • Prepare a list of criteria to judge a show. Indicate priority and ratings.
  • Conduct a debate about an issue of special interest.
  • Make a booklet about 5 rules you see as important. Convince others.
  • Form a panel to discuss views, eg "Learning at School."
  • Write a letter to ... advising on changes needed at...
  • Write a half yearly report.
  • Prepare a case to present your view about...
  • Write a letter to the editor
  • Prepare a list of criteria to judge…
  • Write a persuasive speech arguing for/against…
  • Form a panel to discuss viewpoints on….
  • Write a letter to. ..advising on changes needed.
  • Write a half-yearly report.
  • Evaluate the character’s actions in the story.

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