Vocabulary for Costa’s Levels of Thinking and Questioning



|Vocabulary for Costa’s Levels of Thinking and Questioning |

|Level 1=(Recalling Information) |

|Remember: |Define |List |Recall |Match |

| |Repeat |State |Memorize |Identify |

| |Name |Describe |Label |Record |

|Show Understanding: |Give examples |Recognize |Locate |Summarize |

| |Restate |Explain |Find |Generalize |

| |Discuss |Report |Paraphrase | |

| |Express |Review |Tell | |

| |Rewrite | |Extend | |

|Level 2=(Making Sense of Gathered Information) |

|Use Understanding: |Dramatize |Use |Translate |Interpret |

| |Practice |Compute |Change |Prepare |

| |Operate |Schedule |Pretend |Demonstrate |

| |Imply |Relate |Discover |Infer |

| |Apply |Illustrate |Solve | |

|Examine: |Diagram |Question |Analyze |Criticize |

| |Distinguish |Inventory |Differentiate |Experiment |

| |Compare |Categorize |Select |Break down |

| |Contrast |Outline |Separate |Discriminate |

| |Divide |Debate |Point out | |

|Create: |Compose |Draw |Plan |Modify |

| |Design |Arrange |Compile |Assemble |

| |Propose |Suppose |Revise |Prepare |

| |Combine |Formulate |Write |Generate |

| |Construct |Organize |Devise | |

|Level 3=(Applying or Evaluating Information) |

|Decide: |Judge |Rate |Choose |Estimate |

| |Value |Justify |Assess |Conclude |

| |Predict |Decide |Select |Summarize |

| |Evaluate |Measure | | |

|Supportive Evidence: |Prove your answer. |Give reasons for your |Why or why not? |Why do you feel that |

| |Support your answer. |answer. Explain your | |way? |

| | |answer. | | |

Examples of Costa Questions in Specific Subjects

|Subject |Level 1 |Level 2 |Level 3 |

|General Example |Who won the most medals in the |Compare and contrast the Chinese|Is the tie breaking system for |

| |2008 Summer Olympics? |gymnastic team’s statistics with|gymnastics fair? |

| | |the American team. | |

|English |In the book The House on Mango |Can you outline Esperanza’s |Can you predict what will happen|

| |Street, what type of |character traits and their |to Esperanza as she grows up? |

| |neighborhood does Esperanza live|difference to those of another |How will moving away from Mango |

| |in? |character in a different book? |St. change her perspective about|

| | | |life? |

|Math |Can you solve for x in the |1. Can you compare and contrast |You want to design a rectangular|

| |equation 2x + 5=10? |these problems? -1/3(-25x + |dance floor 90 feet long and 75 |

| | |10)=19 and 2/3p-2=10? |feet wide. You need to make a |

| | |2. How do you express 3y + 4= 2x|drawing with a scale of 1 inch |

| | |in standard form and graph the |equaling 9 feet. Can you fit |

| | |solution? |the drawing on a piece of paper |

| | | |8.5 inches by 11 inches? |

| | | |Justify your answer. |

|Biology |What is a gene? |Can you differentiate between |Estimate the traits of a child |

| |What is a chromosome? |the characteristics of genes and|based on what you know about |

| | |chromosomes? |genes and chromosomes? What |

| | | |predictions could you make? |

|Spanish |Can you conjugate the Spanish |What are the differences and |Can you invent a new Spanish |

| |verb “ser” in the present tense?|similarities between the |regular “ar” ending verb? Try |

| | |preterit and past tenses in the |to use it in six sentences using|

| | |Spanish language? |different tenses. |

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