Evaluate

Moving up the hierarchy, we arrive at level 5: “EVALUATE”. 

At this stage, students are now able to make judgments about the value of ideas, items, or materials.  Some important functions that can come into play when students evaluate might involve judging, critiquing, hypothesizing, justifying, proving, or assessing.  Students are able to take the information they have analyzed and form thoughts and ideas around it.  They now are able to justify the “Why?”.

When students reach this level, some sample question starters that teachers might use are:

• Judge the value of…
• Can you defend the character’s position about…?
• Do you think… is a good or bad thing?
• Do you believe…?
• What are the consequences…?
• Why did the character choose…?
• How can you determine the character’s motivation when…?
• What information would you use to support the view…..?

Reference

Shields, T. (2014). 38 QUESTION STARTERS BASED ON BLOOM’S 
TAXONOMY. Retrieved from http://blog.curriculet.com/38-question-starters-based-blooms-taxonomy/