Bloom’s Taxonomy Ceanlia Vermeulen. About Benjamin Bloom A facilitator, a scholar, and a researcher in the field of Education Taxonomy of educational.

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Ceanlia Vermeulen

About Benjamin BloomA facilitator, a scholar, and a researcher in

the field of Education Taxonomy of educational objectives:

Handbook 1, the cognitive domain (Bloom et al., 1956)

www.ibe.unesco.org/International/Publications/Thinkers/ThinkersPdf/bloome.pdf

Six Levels of Questions

Knowledge

Comprehension

Application

Analysis

Synthesis

Evaluation

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Knowledge LevelRecall of informationKnowledge of data, events, and placesKnowledge of major ideasMastery of Subject matterQuestion Cues:

– List, define, tell, describe, identify, show, label,

collect, examine, who, when , where, etc.

List the major cities in South Africa. Define the capital city of South Africa.

Comprehension Level Understanding informationGrasp key meaningTranslate knowledge to a new contextInterpret, compare, contrast factsOrder, group, infer causesQuestion cue:

– Summarize, interpret, contrast, associate, distinguish, estimate, differentiate, discuss, extend, why, etc.

Discuss the environmental problems existing in the major cities in South Africa.Infer the causes for the problems.

Application Level Use information Use methods, concepts, theories in new situation Solve problems using required skills or knowledge Question cues:

– Apply, demonstrate, calculate, complete, illustrate, show, solve, examine, modify, relate, change, experiment, discover, etc.

Work out possible solutions for the environmental problems in the major cities in South Africa. Calculations and experiments skills might be involved during the process to answer the question.

Analysis Level Seeing patterns Organization of parts Recognition of hidden meanings Identification of components Question cues:

– Analyze, separate, order, explain, connect, classify, arrange, divide, compare, select, explain, etc.

Classify the environmental problems into different categories.

Synthesis Level Use old ideas to create new ones Generalize, predict from given facts Relate knowledge from several areas Draw conclusions Question cues:

– Combine, integrate, modify, rearrange, substitute, plan, create, design, invent, what if?, compose, formulate, prepare, generalize, rewrite, predict, etc.

Design and plan a social activity to call for more urban residents to contribute to environmental protection.

Evaluation Level Compare and discriminate between ideas Judge and appreciate value of concepts, theories,

and principles Make choice based on reasoned argument Verify values of evidence Recognize subjectivity Question Cues:

– Assess, decide, rank, grade, test, measure, recommend, convince, select, judge, discriminate, support, conclude, etc.

Recommend the most practical and economic environment protecting plan to the city government. Use evidences and arguments to support your recommendations and convince the ministers.

ExercisesIdentify the capital of Australia from the

following list: Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra

Knowledge

Comprehension

Application

Analysis

Synthesis

Evaluation

ExercisesWhat classification of animals would a

FROG belong to?– mammal / bird / fish / reptile / amphibian / insect

Analysis

Comprehension

Application

Knowledge

Synthesis

Evaluation

Exercises Predict what would have happened to early Native Americans if they

did not follow the migration of buffaloes:

– They would hunt and eat other animals instead / They would starve / They would get all their food by farming

Synthesis

Comprehension

Application

Analysis

Knowledge

Evaluation

Great !!! Good job !!

This is a basic question of

knowledge to test whether

learners recall the knowledge

being taught.

Next Question

Great !!! Good job !!

The learners are asked about the classification of animals and apply his/her knowledge to answer this question. The facilitators should follow the question by asking the learner to justify the answers.

Next Question

Great !!! Good job !!

The learners are asked to PREDICT what would happen based on the given facts and their previous knowledge related.

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Thank you!

Ceanlia Vermeulen

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