Analysis Thinking
Analysis is one of five basic categories of thinking in the North Carolina
1992-93 booklet on thinking assessment and later retained in the 1994 revisions.
Sections below cover: definition;
specific
content trigger questions for science, social science, and literature;
key
action words; and examples of general trigger questions.
Source: North Carolina End-of-Grade Testing Program pamphlet.
(1992-93). Testing Section, Division of Accountability Services, North
Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
Analysis Thinking
Definition of Analysis. (in Bloom's taxonomy:
analysis)
In this operation, students divide a whole into component elements. Generally
the part/whole relations and the cause/effect relationships that characterize
knowledge within subject domains are essential components of more complex
tasks. The components can be the distinctive characteristics of objects
or ideas, or the basic actions of procedures or events. This definition
of analysis is the same as that in the Bloom
taxonomy.
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Examples of Analysis questions for Science, Social Science, Literature.
Science analysis
Separate the components of the process. Identify the features of animate
and inanimate objects.
Social science analysis
Analyze components or elements of an event.
Literature analysis
Identify components of literary, expository, and persuasive discourse.
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Analysis. Use these key action words in the work of analysis.
subdivide, categorize, breakdown, sort, separate
Example
Break the story down into different parts.
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General Examples of Analysis Trigger questions.
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What are the basic elements (ingredients) in a xxxxxxx .
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What is/are the functions of xxxxxxxx .
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Inventory the parts of xxxxxxx .
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Categorize the xxxxxxx of yyyyyyyy .
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Sort the xxxxxxx .
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What is the order of steps in xxxxxxx.
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