Assessing Thinking Skills in Free-response Exam Problems: Pandemic Online and In-person

We present an analysis of students' thinking skills as evidenced in free-response exam problems. We compare two sections, one taught online and the other in-person during the pandemic. The rubric was originally designed based on Bloom's taxonomy (revised version) to compare thinking skills of students in classes taught by different pedagogies. We discuss the instrument, present results and interpretations