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Taxonomies of ThinkingSkills
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Blooms Taxonomy
In 1956, Benjamin Bloom headed a group ofeducational psychologists who developed a
classification of levels of intellectual behavior
important in learning.
This became a taxonomy including three
overlapping domains;
the cognitive,
the psychomotor, and
the affective.
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Blooms Taxonomy(cognitive aspects)
Level Level Attributes Keywords
1. Knowledge
2. Comprehension
3. Application
4. Analysis
5. Synthesis
6. Evaluation
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Blooms Taxonomy
Level Level Attributes Keywords
1. Knowledge Rote memorization,recognition, or recall of
facts
List, recite, define, name,
recall, quote
2. Comprehension
3. Application
4. Analysis
5. Synthesis
6. Evaluation
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Blooms Taxonomy
Level Level Attributes Keywords
1. Knowledge Rote memorization,recognition, or recall of
facts
List, recite, define, name,
recall, quote
2. Comprehension Understanding meaning infacts
Describe, explain, restate,
give examples
3. Application
4. Analysis
5. Synthesis
6. Evaluation
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Blooms Taxonomy
Level Level Attributes Keywords
1. Knowledge Rote memorization,recognition, or recall of
facts
List, recite, define, name,
recall, quote
2. Comprehension Understanding meaning infacts
Describe, explain, restate,
give examples
3. Application Correct use of the facts,rules, or ideas
Calculate, predict, solve,
demonstrate
4. Analysis
5. Synthesis
6. Evaluation
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Blooms Taxonomy
Level Level Attributes Keywords
1. Knowledge Rote memorization,recognition, or recall of
facts
List, recite, define, name,
recall, quote
2. Comprehension Understanding meaning infacts
Describe, explain, restate,
give examples
3. Application Correct use of the facts,rules, or ideas
Calculate, predict, solve,
demonstrate
4. Analysis Breaking down info. Intocomponent parts
Classify, outline,
categorize, illustrate
5. Synthesis
6. Evaluation
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Blooms Taxonomy
Level Level Attributes Keywords
1. Knowledge Rote memorization,recognition, or recall of
facts
List, recite, define, name,
recall, quote
2. Comprehension Understanding meaning infacts
Describe, explain, restate,
give examples
3. Application Correct use of the facts,rules, or ideas
Calculate, predict, solve,
demonstrate
4. Analysis Breaking down info. Intocomponent parts
Classify, outline,
categorize, illustrate
5. Synthesis Combining parts to make
a new whole
Design, build, invent,
compose, generate
6. Evaluation
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Blooms Taxonomy
Level Level Attributes Keywords
1. Knowledge Rote memorization,recognition, or recall of
facts
List, recite, define, name,
recall, quote
2. Comprehension Understanding meaning infacts
Describe, explain, restate,
give examples
3. Application Correct use of the facts,rules, or ideas
Calculate, predict, solve,
demonstrate
4. Analysis Breaking down info. Intocomponent parts
Classify, outline,
categorize, illustrate
5. Synthesis Combining parts to make
a new whole
Design, build, invent,
compose, generate
6. Evaluation Judging the value or worthof ideas/information
Choose, support,
compare, contrast,
evaluate.
