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Instead
of using multiple choice tests, fill-in-the-blank, etc., use
the verbs below in discussing a topic of learning to help
your children develop critical thinking skills. For example,
ask your child to clarify a problem, outline
the major events, compare the results, evaluate
the results, etc.
- Alphabetize
- Analyze
- Assess
- Categorize
- Characterize
- Choose
- Clarify
- Classify
- Compare
- Compose
- Compute
- Conclude
- Construct
- Contrast
- Count
- Create
- Critique
- Debate
- Define
- Describe
- Decide
- Determine
- Diagram
- Distinguish
- Discuss
- Editorialize
- Elaborate
- Enumerate
- Estimate
- Evaluate
- Experiment
- Explain
- Express
- Generalize
- Graph
- Identify
- Infer
- Invent
- Justify
- Label
- Lecture
- List
- Match
- Measure
- Model
- Modify
- Name
- Order
- Organize
- Outline
- Portray
- Predict
- Prioritize
- Produce
- Propose
- Rank
- Rate
- Read
- Recommend
- Relate
- Retell
- Select
- Sequence
- Show
- Simplify
- Sketch
- Solve
- Specify
- Summarize
- Translate
- Verify
- Write
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