1. Bloom’s Taxonomy Circle Looking at the connection between the levels By Michele Smith, CIS Bootheel, eMINTS National Center

2. Knowledge  Recalling Information  Basics of learning Knowledge

3. Comprehension  Understanding of information  Organize and arrange Knowledge Comprehension

4. Application  Using previously learned information to solve problem Knowledge Comprehension Application

5. Analysis  Higher order thinking  Breaking the information down into parts Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis

6. Synthesis  Higher order thinking  Combine information to create an original Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis

7. Evaluation  Higher order thinking  Judge an idea  Comparing a solution  Opinion Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation

8. Summary  The lower three levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy are required to solve problems at higher levels.  Thinking and solving problems at higher levels causes lower level information to be acquired and understood.  Lower levels of thinking do not include higher levels  Higher levels always include lower levels