Meaning & use
Costa's levels of questioning
An educational framework, developed by Arthur Costa, that classifies questions into three levels of increasing thinking complexity.
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The teacher used Costa's levels of questioning to move students from simple recall to deeper analysis.
Level three questions in Costa's model ask students to evaluate, predict, or judge information.
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Level 1 questions ask for recall of facts, Level 2 for processing and connecting ideas, and Level 3 for applying or evaluating them.
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