2. The New Bloom’s Taxonomy An Interactive Game

3. Instructions On the next slide (Question Index), click a question number. Click your selected response on the question slide. If you are correct, continue to the next question. If not, return to the question and try again. Click the button to begin.

4. Question Index Click on a question number to select it. 17 28 39 410 511 612

5. Ms. Ward has assigned students to write a five page essay in which they compare and contrast two authors’ arguments on a given topic, evaluate their use of evidence, and defend one interpretation over the other. Which level is she having her students perform? a.CreatingCreating b.EvaluatingEvaluating c.AnalyzingAnalyzing

6. In an exam essay question, students were asked to analyze the reasons for European settlement in the “New World.” Beyond simply identifying the reasons, they are asked to prioritize the reasons in order of significance, and to distinguish between the reasons for settlement in New England vs. Virginia. This is an example of which level of Bloom’s Taxonomy? a.EvaluatingEvaluating b.ApplyingApplying c.AnalyzingAnalyzing

7. Mrs. Macintosh wants her students to compare and contrast two Native American folktales and the cultures each represents. At which level of thought is Mrs. Macintosh asking her students to work according to Bloom’s Taxonomy? a.RememberingRemembering b.UnderstandingUnderstanding c.AnalyzingAnalyzing

8. Mrs. Smith has asked her students to classify the items in a diagram as living or nonliving. At what level of Bloom’s Taxonomy is she having her students think? a.UnderstandingUnderstanding b.ApplyingApplying c.EvaluatingEvaluating

9. Students are told to do a free-write in class, in which they identify three causes of the Civil War, or define Progressivism. On which level of Bloom’s will the students be working? a.UnderstandingUnderstanding b.RememberingRemembering c.ApplyingApplying

10. Students in Mrs. McElveen’s class have been asked to read a research article and summarize it in their own words. At which level of Bloom’s Taxonomy is she asking them to think? a.UnderstandingUnderstanding b.RememberingRemembering c.ApplyingApplying

11. Mrs. Hodge has asked students to list every possible way to answer the math word problem on the board. Then she asks them to choose the best method for solving the problem and to defend their answers. At which level of Bloom’s Taxonomy is she asking them to think? a.CreatingCreating b.AnalyzingAnalyzing c.EvaluatingEvaluating

12. Students are told to paraphrase an author’s argument in one paragraph. Then the students will be divided into pairs and asked the students to discuss any gaps or discrepancies in their comprehension and to construct a new and better paragraph together. a.UnderstandingUnderstanding b.ApplyingApplying c.EvaulatingEvaulating

13. 1.Place the events of the story in chronological order. 2.Write a new ending for the story. 3.Choose one of the story’s characters as a “best friend” and justify your choice. 4.On what date did this story begin? Mrs. Andrews assigned the following tasks as part of a reading lesson. Place them in order of their location on the revised Bloom’s Taxonomy from lowest to highest. a.1, 2, 3, 41, 2, 3, 4 b.4, 1, 3, 24, 1, 3, 2 c. 4, 1, 2, 34, 1, 2, 3 d. 1, 4, 3, 21, 4, 3, 2

14. Ms. Fowler tells her students to do a free-write in class, in which they identify three causes of the Civil War, or define Progressivism Which level of Bloom’s Taxonomy is this? a.AnalyzingAnalyzing b.CreatingCreating c.UnderstandingUnderstanding d.KnowledgeKnowledge

15. Mr. Jones knows that the new Bloom’s Taxonomy Table can help him write better lesson objectives. He wants to write one that will require his students to apply the factual knowledge they have learned. According to the table, what verb might he use in an assignment that will accomplish this? a. Describe b. SummarizeDescribeSummarize c. Assess d. ClassifyAssessClassify

16. After reading the novel The Outsiders, students work in groups to write a Reader’s Theatre script for their favorite scene in the book and perform it for the class. Which level of Bloom’s this is assignment? a.CreatingCreating b.EvaluatingEvaluating c.ApplyingApplying

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