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Synthesis
Putting together ideas into
new or unique
product or plan.
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The teacher
skills demonstrated:
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extends
student thinking |
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evaluates
through non-traditional ways |
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The
student skills demonstrated:
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generalize
from facts |
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predict and draw conclusions |
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use old ideas to create
new ones |
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Synthesis level of thinking
uses these question cues:
| Create |
Invent |
Compose |
Predict |
Organize |
| Plan |
Construct |
Design
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Modify
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Imagine |
Elaborate |
Combine |
Original |
Change |
Adapt |
| Suppose |
Improve
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Produce |
Set
up |
What
if . . . |
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| Question stems for using
the Synthesis level of questioning. |
| What changes would
you make to solve _______? |
How would you improve
_______? |
| Can you propose and
alternative _______? |
| What way would you
design _______? |
| Suppose you could
_______. What would you do ________? |
| CAn you construct
a model that would change _______? |
| Can you think of an
original way for _______? |
| Can you predict the
outcome if _______? |
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| Synthesis level classroom
activities |
| compose
a song |
develop
a mural |
write
a puppet show, skit |
| develop an advertisement |
present a solution
for change |
discover your own
invention |
| design a newspaper |
write a story |
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updated December 2, 2004
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