To examine in detail. Examining and breaking information into parts by identifying motives or causes; making inferences and finding evidence to sup‐ port generalisations.
Key Words
Analyse, Appraise, Arrange, Assumption, Breakdown, Categorise, Cause and effect, Choose, Classify, Differences, Discover, Discriminate, Dissect, Distinction, Distinguish, Divide, Establish, Examine, Find, Focus, Function, Group, Highlight, In‐depth discussion, Inference, Inspect, Investigate, Isolate, List, Motive, Omit, Order, Organise, Point out, Prioritise, Question, Rank, Reason, Relationships, Reorganise, Research, See, Select, Separate, Similar to Simplify, Survey, Take part in, Test for, Theme, Comparing
Actions
Outcomes
Attributing, Deconstructing, Integrating, Organising, Outlining, Structuring
Abstract, Chart, Checklist, Database, Graph, Mobile, Report, Spread sheet, Survey
The adult . . .
Questions and probes.
Questions learners to encourage them to think about their thinking and learning and how they can adapt what they have done.
Helps learners to identify pros and cons of skills, method and or strategies used.
The learner . . .
Chooses strategies and methods independently.
Explains what they have done and why they chose certain skills, strategies and or methods.
Can say what has worked well and can take the views of others into account.
Questions
Responses
What are the parts or features of…?
How is____ related to…?
Why do you think…?
What is the theme…?
What motive is there…?
Can you list the parts…?
What inference can you make…?
What conclusions can you draw…?
How would you classify…?
How would you categorise…?
Can you identify the different parts…?
What evidence can you find…?
What is the relationship between…?
Can you make a distinction between…?
What is the function of…?
What ideas justify…?
Which events could have happened…?
If…happened, what might the ending have been?
How was this like…?
What was the underlying them of…?
Why did… changes occur?
Can you compare your… with that presented in…?
Can you explain what must have happened when…?
How is…similar to…?
What are some of the problems of…?
Can you distinguish between…?
What were some of the motives behind…?
What was the turning point in the game?
What was the problem with…?
The text is mainly about…
The author’s most important ideas were…
The basic gist is…
The key information is…
Basically, what happened was…
I read about…
Big events that happened were…
I had to slow down when…
I was confused by…
I had some difficulty with understanding…
I needed to reread the part where… because…
I used…(strategy) to help me understand…
My prediction was right/wrong because…
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