To design strategic questions to engage learners’ critical thinking, I used Barrett’s Taxonomy of comprehension skills as a guide to measure the increasing higher order processing that has to take place. In summary, the categories of Barrett’s
Taxonomy are as follows:
■ comprehending what is listened and viewed at the literal level;
■ comprehending what is listened and viewed “in between the lines” (using reorganisation & inference skills); and
■ comprehending what is listened and viewed “beyond the lines” (using evaluation and appreciation skills).