Which of the following levels of teaching involves the highest order thinking skills?
The reflective level of teaching involves the highest order thinking skills, requiring problem-solving, critical thinking and insight.
The memory level involves only rote recall of facts, the lowest order of thinking.
The understanding level goes beyond memory to grasp relationships and meaning, but not the highest reflective thought.
The claim that all levels involve similar thinking skills is wrong, since the three levels rise in cognitive demand.
The three levels of teaching are memory, understanding and reflective, in ascending order.
Morris Bigge described the reflective level as problem-centred and thought-provoking teaching.
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