Thinking skills

Perhaps the ability to think is what distinguishes humans from all other forms of animal life. There are different levels of thinking. The IB places thinking skills in order of increasing complexity according to Anderson and Krathwohl (see page 5 of Approaches to Teaching and Learning). These six thinking skills (Remember; Understand; Apply; Analyse; Evaluate and Create) are actually based on Bloom’s taxonomy of 1956.

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