SYNTHESIS

I have decided to create an activity that incorporates with students’ thinking skills using the level of SYNTHESIS in the Bloom’s Taxonomy. First, I wil divide the students to work in pairs. I will give the students a few different situations that they might be facing in real life and they will have to write down a few solutions from most likely to least likely and label them accordingly.

EXAMPLE:

SITUATION 1: 

A young boy named Mike decided to ride his bicycle from his house to a town, 5 kilometres away from his house. After a while, he reached a crossroad where he had to change direction. However, he noticed that the signpost with arrows pointing to different towns in that area had been blown away. He did not know which road was the right one. Nevertheless, he was able to figure which road to take. What do you think he did?

ANSWERS: 

A: Most likely, the boy asked for direction from the people around on his way there.                                     
B: The boy might have a map with him                                                                                                     
C: The boy could have just simply got there by luck.

SITUATION 2: 

On June 22, 1996, an 18- year old thief broke into a lady’s house and demanded all her money. She gave him all she had: RM11.50. The thief was so angry that he demanded the lady to write him a cheque for RM1, 000. Two hours later, the police caught the thief. How?

ANSWERS: 

A: The thief, most likely have given the old lady his real name for the cheque.                                                   
B: It could be that the old lady recognized the thief.                                                                                       
C: There may have been a security camera in the building.