Question Designer — turn a learning target into a question ladder, then run each rung in a structure
Drop in a learning target and get a question ladder — a connected climb that shows the full movement of your questions: the type of thinking rises (Bloom's) while the depth of thinking deepens (DOK), so you can see and plan the whole progression. You'll get the research signature of your discipline, sample stems at each rung, and a ready-to-paste prompt for Claude or ChatGPT that writes the questions for your exact target — kept honest, so every question truly demands the thinking it claims.
What the research says matters most in this subject
Your question ladder
Read it as a progression: each rung is a different kind of thinking (Bloom's), and the depth (DOK) deepens as you climb. Lower rungs warm students up and surface what they know; the top rung is your target. The AI prompt below fills these in for your exact objective.
Two dials, moving together: Bloom's & DOK
Bloom's = the type of thinking
Remember → Understand → Apply → Analyze → Evaluate → Create. It names the cognitive operation a question asks for. It's the rung you stand on.
DOK = the depth of the thinking
DOK 1 recall · 2 a step of reasoning · 3 reason from evidence · 4 sustained investigation. It names how deep and complex the engagement is. It's how far down the rung goes.
They move together — but they're not the same axis
A good sequence usually climbs both at once. But you can hold a Bloom rung and deepen DOK (ask three "evaluate" questions, each deeper), or sit shallow at a high rung. The ladder shows the planned movement; flex it for your lesson.
The structure is the delivery vehicle
A question only works if every student has to answer it. Each rung suggests a cooperative structure from the Library to run it in. Browse the full Library →
