1. Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Development
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Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Development
Principles of Teaching
Andrews University
School of Education

2. COGNITIVE DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE COMPREHENSION APPLICATION ANALYSIS
SYNTHESIS
EVALUATION

3. AFFECTIVE DOMAIN RECEIVING RESPONDING VALUING ORGANIZATION
CHARACTERIZATION

4. PSYCHOMOTOR DOMAIN REFLEX MOVEMENTS BASIC FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENTS
PERCEPTUAL ABILITIES
PHYSICAL ABILITIES
SKILLED MOVEMENTS
NON-DISCURSIVE MOVEMENTS

5. COGNITIVE DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE
USE: Records, Films, Videos, Models, Events, Media, Diagrams, Books...
APPROPRIATE VERBS: Define, Identify, List, Locate, Recall, Discover, Match, Observe, Listen, Ask...
Recognize, define, or recall specific information.
Remembering or recognizing something previously encountered without necessarily understanding, using, or changing it.
Remembering important names, dates, capitals, etc.

6. COGNITIVE DOMAIN COMPREHENSION Targets understanding of content
USE: Trends, Consequences, Tables, Cartoons...
APPROPRIATE VERBS: Compare, Summarize, Explain, Convert, Chart, Associate, Interpret...
Targets understanding of content
Summarizing, translating, and providing examples of a concept
Understanding the material being communicated without necessarily relating it to anything else

7. COGNITIVE DOMAIN APPLICATION
USE: Collection, Diary, Photographs, Sculpture, Stichery, Illustration...
APPROPRIATE VERBS: Apply, Calculate, Practice, Demonstrate, Construct, Teach, Paint, Manipulate, Report...
Focuses on whether students can use information to solve problems
Using general concepts to solve a particular problem
Solving math and word problems
Using punctuation properly

8. COGNITIVE DOMAIN ANALYSIS
USE: Graph, Survey, Diagram, Chart, Questionnaire, Report...
APPROPRIATE VERBS: Analyze, Contrast, Deduce, Differentiate, Distinguish, Infer, Classify, Categorize, Dissect, Advertise, Survey...
Breaking something down to reveal its organization and structure
Breaking something down into parts
Why a short story “works”
identify the component parts of a science experiment

9. COGNITIVE DOMAIN SYNTHESIS
USE: Article, Radio Show, Video, Puppet Show, Inventions, Poetry, Short Story...
APPROPRIATE VERBS: Compose, Create, Design, Formulate, Produce, Rearrange, Combine, Invent, Hypothesize, Write...
Asks students to create a unique (for them) product by combining different ideas
Writing a poem, painting a picture, creating a computer program, etc.

10. COGNITIVE DOMAIN EVALUATION Highest level of the taxonomy
USE: Letters, Group with Discussion Panel, Court Trial, Survey, Self-evaluation, Value, Allusions...
APPROPRIATE VERBS: Appraise, Assess, Critique, Judge, Support, Debate, Evaluate, Editorialize, Recommend...
Highest level of the taxonomy
Students judge the value or worth of something by comparing it to predetermined criteria
Solve a pollution problem
Assess a writing sample

11. BLOOM’S TAXONOMY OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT in Action
Re-evaluate your group’s categories. What changes would you make? Why?
Write one objective for each level of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Cognitive Development
Independent Practice
Write 4 Objectives for each domain (affective, cognitive, psychomotor)
Write 3 objectives for the interpersonal domain
Indicate Related Domain
Identify Level within the Cognitive Domain
Include parts A, B, C, & D., but not necessarily in that order.

12. Mr. Sheppard is enjoying his evening as he reads students’ objectives for Principles Class.