Revised Bloom's Taxonomy

Bloom’s Taxonomy (1956) Evaluation Synthesis Analysis Application Comprehension Knowledge

Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy (2001) Developed by Lorin Anderson (former student of Bloom) and David Krathwohl Revised to be more powerful and relevant tool to today’s teachers Changes: Categories changed from nouns to verbs Knowledge renamed to Remembering Comprehension renamed to Understanding Synthesis renamed to Creating Synthesis and Evaluation have swapped places in the hierarchy

Evaluation Synthesis Analysis Application Comprehension Knowledge Creating Evaluating Analyzing Applying Understanding Remembering Old New

New Terms Remembering Retrieving, recognizing, and recalling relevant knowledge from long- term memory Understanding Constructing meaning from oral, written, and graphic messages through interpreting, exemplifying, classifying, summarizing, inferring, comparing, and explaining Applying Carrying out or using a procedure through executing or implementing Anderson & Krathwohl, 2001, pp

New Terms Analyzing Breaking material into constituent parts, determining how the parts relate to one another and to an overall structure of purpose through differentiating, organizing, and attributing Evaluating Making judgments based on criteria and standards through checking and critiquing Creating Putting elements together to form a coherent or functional whole; recognizing elements into a new pattern or structure through generating, planning, or producing Anderson & Krathwohl, 2001, pp

Revised Bloom’s: 2-Dimensional Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy designed to be 2-dimensional instead of 1-dimensional Knowledge Dimension Factual Conceptual Procedural Meta-cognitive Cognitive Process Dimension Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate, Create

Knowledge Dimension Cognitive Process Dimension RememberUnderstandApplyAnalyzeEvaluateCreate FactualListSummarizeClassifyOrderRankCombine ConceptualDescribeInterpretExperimentExplainAssessPlan ProceduralTabulatePredictCalculateDifferentiateConcludeCompose Meta- cognitive Appropriate Use ExecuteConstructAchieveActionActualize 2-D Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy

Simple Example: Goldilocks Remember: Describe where Goldilocks lived Understand: Summarize what the Goldilocks story was about Apply: Construct a theory as to why Goldilocks went into the house Analyze: Differentiate between how Goldilocks reacted and how you would react in each story event Evaluate: Assess whether or not you think this really happened to Goldilocks Create: Compose a song, skit, poem, or rap to convey the Goldilocks story in a new form Omaha Public Schools Teachers’ Corner:

Remembering ActionsProducts RecognizingQuiz ListingDefinition DescribingFact IdentifyingWorksheet RetrievingTest NamingLabel LocatingList FindingWorkbook Reproduction

Understanding ActionsProducts InterpretingRecitation ExemplifyingSummary SummarizingCollection InferringExplanation ParaphrasingShow and tell ClassifyingExample ComparingQuiz ExplainingList Label Outline

Applying ActionsProducts ImplementingIllustration Carrying outSimulation UsingSculpture ExecutingDemonstration Presentation Interview Performance Diary Journal

Analyzing ActionsProducts ComparingSurvey OrganizingDatabase DeconstructingMobile AttributingAbstract OutliningReport StructuringGraph IntegratingSpreadsheet Checklist Chart Outline

Evaluating ActionsProducts CheckingDebate HypothesizingPanel CritiquingReport ExperimentingEvaluation JudgingInvestigation TestingVerdict DetectingConclusion MonitoringPersuasive speech

Creating ActionsProducts DesigningFilm ConstructingStory PlanningProject ProducingPlan InventingNew game DevisingSong MakingMedia product Advertisement Painting