Depth + Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 thinking Recall & Skills & Concepts Strategic Extended Reproduction Thinking/ Thinking Reasoning Remember - Recall, locate basic facts, details, events Understand - Select appropriate - Specify, explain - Explain, generalize, or - Explain how concepts words to use when relationships connect ideas using or ideas specifically intended meaning is - summarize supporting evidence relate to other content clearly evident – identify main ideas (quote, example…) domains or concepts Apply - Use language structure – Use context to - Use concepts to solve - Devise an approach (pre/suffix) or word identify meaning of non-routine problems among many relationships word alternatives to research (synonym/antonym) to - Obtain and interpret a novel problem determine meaning information using text features Analyze - Identify whether – Compare literary - Analyze or interpret – Analyze multiple information is contained elements, terms, facts, author’s craft (literary sources in a graph, table, etc. events devices, viewpoint, or - Analyze – analyze format, potential bias) to complex/abstract organization, & text critique a text themes structures Evaluate – Cite evidence and - Evaluate relevancy, develop a logical accuracy, & argument for completeness of conjectures information Create - Brainstorm ideas about - Generate conjectures - Synthesize information - Synthesize information a topic based on observations within one source or textacross multiple sources or prior knowledge or texts