Blooms Taxonomy

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Blooms Taxonomy

• Katie Mergen

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Objectives

• Definition of Blooms Taxonomy
• 3 domains of Learning
• Levels of Learning

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Definition

• A taxonomy in which six tasks, varying in degrees
  of complexity, are identified for the cognitive
  domain knowledge, comprehension, application,
  analysis, synthesis, and evaluation

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3 Domains of Learning

• Cognitive how someone processes information
• Affective attitude towards the information
• Psychomotor demonstrating the information

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Levels of Blooms Taxonomy

• Level 1 Knowledge
• Memorizing of information in a basically
  word-for-word fashion
• Reciting definitions of terms
• Remembering lists of items

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Levels of Blooms Taxonomy

• Level II Comprehension
• Understanding the meaning and intent of the
  material
• Being able to put into ones own words
• Rewording a definition
• Paraphrasing a rule

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Levels of Blooms Taxonomy

• Level III Application
• Applying knowledge to new situations
• Applying math principles to the solution of a
  word problem

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Levels of Blooms Taxonomy

• Level IV Analysis
• Breakdown of knowledge into parts and show
  relationship among parts
• Discovering the assumptions underlying a
  philosophical essay
• Identifying key points in a seeming logical
  argument

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Levels of Blooms Taxonomy

• Level V - Synthesis
• Bring together parts of knowledge to form a
  whole build relationships for new situations
• Constructing something new by integrating several
  pieces of information
• Developing a theory

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Levels of Blooms Taxonomy

• Level VI Evaluation
• Making judgments on basis of criteria
• Examining the internal and external validity of
  an experiment
• Critiquing a theory

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Level of Thinking

• Lower-level questions questions that require
  students to answer in the way they learned it
• Reciting a definition
• Describing a topic the way that their teacher
  presented it class

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Level of Thinking

• Higher-level questions questions that require
  students to do something new with the information
  they have learned
• Consists of applying, synthesizing, or evaluating

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Summary

• Blooms taxonomy is a classification in which six
  learning tasks, varying in degrees of complexity,
  are identified for the cognitive domain

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Summary cont
The Progression of Cognitive Skills

• Knowledge/Recall
• Comprehension
• Application

• Analysis
• Synthesis
• Evaluation