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Level 1: Recall

Focus is on specific facts, definitions, details, or using routine procedures

Can be ‘difficult’ without requiring ‘deep’ content knowledge

“You know it or you don’t”Level 2: Skill/Concept

Focus is on applying skills and concepts, relationships (compare, cause-effect)

Making decisions

Interpreting

Level 3: Strategic Reasoning

Focus is on reasoning

Complex and abstract thinking is required

Justification

May need to experiment to find the solution

Level 4: Extended Reasoning

Requires complex reasoning, planning, and thinking

Relate concepts among other content areas or within that content area

Make real-world applications in new situations