1. The NEW Bloom’s Taxonomy
courtesy
Lorin Anderson
(a student of Bloom)

2. Bloom’s Taxonomy Revision
Evaluation
Synthesis
Analysis
Application
Comprehension
Knowledge
Creating
Evaluating
Analysing
Applying
Understanding
Remembering
(Based on Pohl, 2000, Learning to Think, Thinking to Learn)

3. Changes Nouns to Verbs Knowledge category renamed
Thinking is an active process, hence, action verbs
Knowledge category renamed
Knowledge is product of thinking, not form of thinking
Now called remembering
Comprehension  understanding
Synthesis  creating

4. Change in Emphasis
Intent of revision is to focus on the taxonomy in use.
Designed to be a more authentic tool for curriculum planning, instructional delivery and assessment.
Emphasizes explanation and description of subcategories.

5. Higher-order thinking
BLOOM’S REVISED TAXONOMY Creating Generating new ideas, products, or ways of viewing things Designing, constructing, planning, producing, inventing.   Evaluating Justifying a decision or course of action Checking, hypothesising, critiquing, experimenting, judging    Analysing Breaking information into parts to explore understandings & relationships Comparing, organising, deconstructing, interrogating, finding   Applying Using information in another familiar situation Implementing, carrying out, using, executing   Understanding Explaining ideas or concepts Interpreting, summarising, paraphrasing, classifying, explaining   Remembering Recalling information Recognising, listing, describing, retrieving, naming, finding  
Higher-order thinking