Recall Thinking
Recall is one of five basic categories of thinking in the North Carolina
1992-93 booklet on thinking assessment and later in the 1994 revisions.
Sections below cover definition,
key
action words, and examples of trigger questions.
Original Source: North Carolina End-of-Grade Testing Program pamphlet.
(1992-93). Testing Section, Division of Accountability Services, North
Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
Recall Thinking
Definition of Recall. (in Bloom's taxonomy:
recall, comprehension)
Most tasks require that learners recognize or remember key facts, definitions,
concepts, rules, and principles. Recall questions require students to repeat
verbatim or to paraphrase given information. To recall information, students
need most often to rehearse or practice it, and then to associate it with
other, related concepts. The Bloom taxonomy
levels of knowledge and comprehension are subsumed here, since verbatim
repetition and translation into the student's own words represent acceptable
evidence of learning and understanding.
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Use these key action words in the work of recalling.
define, repeat , identify, what, label, when, list, who, name
Example
List the names of the main characters in the story.
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Other General Examples of Recall Trigger Questions.
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Define the word xxxxx .
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What is a xxxxxxxx .
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Label the following .
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Identify the xxxxxxx in this yyyyyyyyy .
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Who did xxxxxxx ?
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