Discussion
Which of the following questions would promote higher-order critical and analytical thinking skills among the students?
Answer: A
The question that promotes higher-order thinking is Identify the assumptions underlying two newspaper articles depicting the same event.
Comparing two reports of one event and uncovering the assumptions behind each requires analysis and evaluation, the upper levels of Bloom's taxonomy. Students must read critically, compare viewpoints and judge the evidence.
Identifying nouns and listing new words are recall and recognition tasks. Thinking of a title calls for some understanding of the main idea, but it is a comprehension task rather than critical analysis.
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