1. OF THE COGNITIVE DOMAIN
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY
OF THE COGNITIVE DOMAIN

2. BLOOM’S TAXONOMY Competence Skills Demonstrated Remembering
The recall of specific information
Understanding
Comprehension of what was read
Applying
Converting abstract content to concrete situations
Analyzing
Comparison and contrast of the content to personal experiences
Evaluating
Judgment and evaluation of characters, actions, outcomes, etc., for personal reflection and understanding
Creating
Invention, production of an original piece.
YOU design it!

3. Remembering Memorization
Observation and recall of information
Knowledge of dates, events, places
Knowledge of major ideas
Mastery of subject matter

4. Remembering Memorization
Arrange
Define
Describe
Duplicate
Identify
Label
List
Memorize
Name
Order
Quote
Recall
Recognize
Relate
Repeat
Reproduce

5. Understanding COMPREHENSION
Understand information
Grasp meaning
Translate knowledge into new content
Interpret facts, compare, contrast
Order, group, infer causes
Predict consequences

6. Understanding COMPREHENSION
Classify
Describe
Discuss
Explain
Express
Identify
Indicate
Locate
Recognize
Report
Restate
Review
Select
Translate

7. Applying Using Use information
Use methods, concepts, theories in new situations
Solve problems using required skills or knowledge

8. Applying Using Apply Choose Demonstrate Dramatize Employ Illustrate
Interpret
Operate
Practice
Schedule
Sketch
Solve
Use
Write

9. Analyzing Taking apart
Recognition of patterns
Organization of parts
Discovery of hidden meanings
Identification of components

10. Analyzing Taking apart
Analyze
Appraise
Calculate
Categorize
Compare
Contrast
Criticize
Differentiate
Discriminate
Distinguish
Examine
Experiment
Question
Test

11. Evaluating Judging Compare and discriminate between ideas
Assess value of theories, presentations
Make choices based on reasoned argument
Verify value of evidence
Recognize subjectivity

12. Evaluating Judging Appraise Argue Assess Attach Choose Compare Defend
Estimate
Judge
Predict
Rate
Select
Support
Value
Evaluate
Explain

13. Creating
Assemble
Construct
Design
Develop
Formulate
Write

14. REFERENCES
Bloom, B., Englehart M., Furst, E., Hill, W.,& Krathwohl, D. (1956). Taxonomy of educational objectives: The classification of educational goals. Handbook I: Cognitive Domain. New York: Longmans Green.

15. Web resources http://www.che.wsu.edu/~millerre/bloom.html

16. applied to GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY
applied to
GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS

17. Remembering the recall of specific information
Who was Goldilocks?
Where did she live? With whom?
What did she do in the forest?

18. Understanding comprehending of what was read
This story is about ___________ (topic).
This story tells us _________(main idea).
What did Goldilocks look like?

19. Applying the converting of abstract content to concrete situations
How were the bears like real people?
Why did Goldilocks go into the little house?
Draw a picture of what the bears’ house looked like.
Draw a map showing Goldilocks’ house, the path in the forest, the bears’ house, etc.

20. Analyzing the comparison and contrast of the content to personal experience
How did each bear react to what Goldilocks did?
How would you react?
Compare Goldilocks to any of your friends.
Do you know any animals (pets) that act human?

21. EVALUATION the judgment and evaluation of characters, actions, outcomes, etc., for personal reflection and understanding
Why were the bears angry with Goldilocks?
Do you think Goldilocks was happy to get home? Explain your answer.
Do you think she learned anything by going into the bears’ house? Explain your answer.
Would you have gone into the bears’ house? Why or why not?

22. EVALUATION CON’T.
Do parents have more experience and background than their children? Give an example from your own history.
Do you think this really happened to Goldilocks? Why or why not?
Why would a grown-up write this story for children to read?
Why has the story of Goldilocks been told to children for many, many years?

23. Creating Make a diorama of the bears’ house and the forest.
Make a puppet out of one of the characters. Using the puppet, act out the story.

24. References