Framework Questions and Answers
2026-2027 Updated.
aspects of critical thinking - Answer unreflective thinker, novice or beginning thinker, advanced
thinker
unreflective thinker - Answer someone who is careless, undisciplined, passive, conforming,
self-centered, and unfair in thought
novice or beginning thinker - Answer one who is active, persistent, and courageous-- someone
who is empathetic to differing points of view. You rely on questioning and explaining to begin to
build a routine, consistent practice of critical thinking
advanced thinker - Answer a person who is autonomous, trusts reason, has humility and a
sense of justice and is consistently fair
fair-mindedness - Answer "Entails the predisposition to consider all relevant viewpoints
equally, without reference to one's own feelings or selfish interests, or the feelings or selfish
interests of one's friends, community or nation"
declarative knowledge - Answer is possessing specific information about something. Example:
remembering and understanding your name, your social security number, causes of the civil war
Procedural knowledge - Answer when you know how to do something, such as read and add
fractions
conditional knowledge - Answer knowing when and why to use particular strategies. When
you are aware of your own learning strengths and weaknesses and adjust your studying
accordingly. Example: test or project
Blooms taxonomy - Answer remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create.
Academic Listening - Answer is the ability to capture and understand complicated information
that is presented orally.
Guided notes - Answer are teacher prepared handouts the outline or map lectures, but leave
"blank" space for key concepts, facts, definitions, etc. As the lecture progresses, you then fill in
the spaces with content.