BLOOM

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BLOOMS TAXONOMY

• OF THE COGNITIVE DOMAIN

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BLOOMS TAXONOMY
Competence Skills Demonstrated
Remembering The recall of specific information
Understanding Comprehension of what was read
Applying Converting abstract content to concrete situations
Analyzing Comparison and contrast of the content to personal experiences
Evaluating Judgment and evaluation of characters, actions, outcomes, etc., for personal reflection and understanding
Creating Invention, production of an original piece. YOU design it!
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RememberingMemorization

• Observation and recall of information
• Knowledge of dates, events, places
• Knowledge of major ideas
• Mastery of subject matter

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RememberingVerbs that may appear in a prompt

• Arrange
• Define
• Describe
• Duplicate
• Identify
• Label
• List
• Memorize

• Name
• Order
• Quote
• Recall
• Recognize
• Relate
• Repeat
• Reproduce

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Understanding COMPREHENSION

• Understand information
• Grasp meaning
• Translate knowledge into new content
• Interpret facts, compare, contrast
• Order, group, infer causes
• Predict consequences

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UnderstandingVerbs that may appear in a prompt

• Classify
• Describe
• Discuss
• Explain
• Express
• Identify
• Indicate

• Locate
• Recognize
• Report
• Restate
• Review
• Select
• Translate

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Applying Using

• Use information previously learned
• Use methods, concepts, theories in new situations
• Solve problems using required skills or knowledge

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Applying Verbs that may appear in a prompt

• Apply
• Choose
• Demonstrate
• Dramatize
• Employ
• Illustrate
• Interpret

• Operate
• Practice
• Schedule
• Sketch
• Solve
• Use
• Write

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Analyzing Taking apart

• Recognition of patterns
• Organization of parts
• Discovery of hidden meanings
• Identification of components

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AnalyzingVerbs that may appear in a prompt

• Analyze
• Appraise
• Calculate
• Categorize
• Compare
• Contrast
• Criticize

• Differentiate
• Discriminate
• Distinguish
• Examine
• Experiment
• Question
• Test

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Evaluating Judging

• Compare and discriminate between ideas
• Assess value of theories, presentations
• Make choices based on reasoned argument
• Verify value of evidence
• Recognize authors bias

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EvaluatingVerbs that may appear in a prompt

• Appraise
• Argue
• Assess
• Attach
• Choose
• Compare
• Defend
• Estimate

• Judge
• Predict
• Rate
• Select
• Support
• Value
• Evaluate
• Explain

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CreatingMaking a new product

• Assemble
• Construct
• Design
• Develop
• Formulate
• Write

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REFERENCES

• Bloom, B., Englehart M., Furst, E., Hill, W.,
  Krathwohl, D. (1956). Taxonomy of educational
  objectives The classification of educational
  goals. Handbook I Cognitive Domain. New York
  Longmans Green.

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Web resources

• http//www.che.wsu.edu/millerre/bloom.html
• http//www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/bloo
  m.html
• http//www.kent.wednet.edu/KSD/MA/resources/blooms
  /teachers_blooms.html
• http//www.tecweb.org/eddevel/blooms.html
• http//www.valdosta.peachnet.edu/whuitt/psy702/co
  gsys/critthnk.html

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BLOOMS TAXONOMY

• applied to
• GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS

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Rememberingthe recall of specific information

• Who was Goldilocks?
• Where did she live? With whom?
• What did she do in the forest?

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Understandingcomprehending of what was read

• This story is about ___________ (topic).
• This story tells us _________(main idea).
• What did Goldilocks look like?

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Applyingthe converting of abstract content to
concrete situations

• How were the bears like real people?
• Why did Goldilocks go into the little house?
• Draw a picture of what the bears house looked
  like.
• Draw a map showing Goldilocks house, the path in
  the forest, the bears house, etc.

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Analyzingthe comparison and contrast of the
content to personal experience

• How did each bear react to what Goldilocks did?
• How would you react?
• Compare Goldilocks to any of your friends.
• Do you know any animals (pets) that act human?

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EVALUATIONthe judgment and evaluation of
characters, actions, outcomes, etc., for personal
reflection and understanding

• Why were the bears angry with Goldilocks?
• Do you think Goldilocks was happy to get home?
  Explain your answer.
• Do you think she learned anything by going into
  the bears house? Explain your answer.
• Would you have gone into the bears house? Why
  or why not?

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EVALUATION CONT.

• Do parents have more experience and background
  than their children? Give an example from your
  own history.
• Do you think this really happened to Goldilocks?
  Why or why not?
• Why would a grown-up write this story for
  children to read?
• Why has the story of Goldilocks been told to
  children for many, many years?

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Creating

• Make a diorama of the bears house and the
  forest.
• Make a puppet out of one of the characters.
  Using the puppet, act out the story.

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References

• http//www.ops.org/reading/blooms_taxonomy.html