Reading Assignment #2
Instructions:
Write and answer a series of questions about your book. The questions must be written and answered using complete sentences, and the answers must come at least partially from the book you are reading—you may find that the questions you write require you to compare your book to other sources of information or to expand upon what you read in the book. SOME WILL NOT ACTUALLY BE QUESTIONS—they will be activities from that particular level of thinking.
Content:
| You must identify the title and author of the book (I need reminding). |
| You must have a minimum of 5 questions. | ||||||||||
| You must have at least
one question from each of the levels of thinking:
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| Each question must be answered using complete sentences. | ||||||||||
| Important note: if your five questions and their answers do not result in a full page, you must write and answer additional questions. These questions may be from any of the 5 levels. |
Technicalities:
| Please type all questions and answer all questions. |
| Please type the question with the answer directly below it. |
| Please use 10 or 12 point font only. |
| Spell-check and proofread. |
| Single space, except between questions. |
| Save to I-drive and disk; turn in print copy. |
| This assignment will not be accepted if these items are not done. |
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Reading Assignment #2 Evaluation Sheet
_____(1) You identified the title and author.
_____(1) You ask one knowledge/comprehension level question in a complete sentence.
_____(1) You answer one knowledge/comprehension level question in a complete sentence.
_____(1) You ask one application question in a complete sentence or sentences and indicate the location of the answer in the book.
_____(2) You answer one application level question in a complete sentence.
_____(2) You ask one analysis level question in a complete sentence.
_____(2) You answer one analysis level question in a complete sentence.
_____(2) You ask one synthesis level question ina complete sentence.
_____(3) You answer one synthesis level question in a complete sentence.
_____(2)
_____(3) You answer one synthesis level question in a complete sentence.
_____(20) TOTAL POSSIBLE
_____LETTER GRADE
Comments:
Psychology Reading Assignment #2 Sample Questions
These are questions that ask basic factual questions about the book and its content. The answers to them may offer relevant information about the book, but answering these questions isn’t difficult if you’ve read the book.
Examples of knowledge/comprehension questions:
· Who is the main character/narrator/subject?
· What is his/her disability/problem/psychological issue?
· What is that disability/problem/psychological issue—how is it defined/ what are its symptoms?
· What is the one most important thing you’ve learned about this psychological issue from the book so far.
Application Level Questions
These are questions that ask you to use the knowledge about the subject of the book. Examples of this use might be applying it to other situations you’ve read or heard about in other place (such as the radio, TV, newspaper, or Internet); application questions might also ask you to compare the topic to another topic (show their similarities), or to contrast the topic with another topic (show their differences); you might also make predictions about the topic or recommend the book and explain why.
Examples of application level questions:
· What kind of life do you predict for people with disorder?
· What do you predict will happen to the subject of the book you are reading (in relation to his/her disorder, if applicable)
· What do you predict will be the future of this branch of psychology?
· How is this person’s experience similar to or different from others you have heard about?
· What else have you discovered about this disorder or issue, and from what other sources have you learned about it?
· Make a list of vocabulary terms from this book that are related to the psychological subject matter and define them.
Analysis Level Questions
Analysis asks you to break information into parts and examine the parts. In this case, the “information” you are breaking up is the book—or at least the part of it you have read so far. Analysis asks you to examine what you are reading about—to look at it in detail. What details can you examine about your book?
Examples of analysis level questions:
· What part of this book has been the most interesting so far, and why?
· What part has been lease interesting, and why?
· What is the significance of the title? (That is, how does it apply to the book, and what meaning does it have in relation to the events in the book?
· How is the book structured, and does that structure help or hinder your reading? Explain. (For example, is it a person’s story, told chronologically? Are there flashbacks? Is it a diary-style? Are there separate stories? Is it mostly factual?)
Synthesis Level Questions/Activities
Synthesis requires that you create something new from the information you have gained. That makes writing questions tough, so these suggestions aren’t questions.
Examples of Synthesis Level Thinking Activities:
· Create a brochure or ad that teaches people about the subject of the book.
· Draw a comic strip that illustrates some of the key ideas in the book.
· Make a booklist of titles that are related reading.
· Write a short recommendation that can be placed on the web page.
Evaluation Questions
Evaluation asks you to make a judgment and support that judgment with facts or examples.
Examples of Evaluation Level Questions:
· Agree or disagree and explain your reasons: this book should be read by all psych students.
· Explain why you would/wouldn’t recommend this book to your friends.
· Explain how you might have dealt with issues in the book differently.
· What is your favorite part of the book? Why?
· What is the most valuable piece of information you’ve learned from this book, and what makes it valuable?
