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Bloom’s Taxonomy

A sliding scale of cognitive depth– Knowledge– Comprehension– Application– Analysis– Synthesis– Evaluation

Knowledge

Memorization. The material is ‘known’ in a laundry-list way

Comprehension

The material can easily be restated or summarized by the learner.

Application

Information is used to solve problems or create practical applications.

New connections are made between relationships of the information

Analysis

Identifying components of successful applications (especially new previously unknown applications) of the information.

Noticing how it is constructed

Synthesis

Combining information to create a new product/idea

Required creativity/originality

Evaluation

Making decisions, supporting viewsRequired an understanding of values

from different perspectives

Let’s look at the chart again

Here’s what I hate about it.IT IGNORES THE REALITY OF

BRUNER’S SPIRAL CURRICULUMIT IGNORES THE REALITY THAT

INTELLEGENCE DOES NOT HINGE ON DEVELOPMENTAL LEVEL

All 6 levels can exist in elementary school

School Lunch

Knowledge: Today there are nachos and beef stroganoff

Comprehension: Nachos are cheese sauce/meat/tomatoes on chips. Beef stroganoff is meat glop on noodles.

Application:I find both these to be yucky, ergo I will pack my lunch today.

Analysis:I like mac ‘n’ cheese. Nachos has cheese, and stroganoff has noodles. Maybe I can get the lunch lady to put cheese sauce on the noodles.

Synthesis: I know! I’ll microwave my milk, put the cheese sauce in the carton and stir it up, get a couple of those crouton packets and the skinny milk straws, and my lunch table will have fondue!

School Lunch

Evaluation: The other lunch table is mocking us, and are even threatening to report us to the lunch ladies about our “nacho abuse”. However, we need their support to continue the Thursday impromptu fondue experience, as many members of their lunch table are on the lunch menu advisory board. We need to invite them to our table next Thursday and show them why fondue impromptu should continue to be allowed, and figure out why they have such a problem with it.

It’s time to play….

NAME THE QUALITY OF THOUGHT NEEDED!

Q: List the 6 levels of Bloom’s TaxonomyA: Knowledge level

– And why is that?

Q: Explain the 6 levels of Bloom’s TaxonomyA: Comprehention level

– Why?

Q: You are given a list of the levels found in Bloom’s taxonomy. You have to assign a level of thought to a variety of question types. How do you proceed?A: Application level

– Why?

Q: You are designing a video game based on the levels of Bloom’s taxonomy. You want to make two sub-levels for each quality of thought, which would make 12 levels total. How many points and/or what skill level of gaming should use assign to move out of each level?

A: Analysis level– Why?

Q: “Gaming in Full Bloom” was such a success that Steve Jobs has commissions a sequel game from you. However, it needs to interface with the mythical iPad3000, cure cancer and baldness, and be intuitive enough for a lazy 2 year old to manipulate.

A: Synthesis level

Q: Your game has limited appeal. All of humanity own/love this game, but the honey badger population doesn’t seem to care. How can you market “Gaming in Full Bloom II” for iPad3000 to this undertapped demographic?

A: Evaluation level

Your mission(and you must accept it)

Consider your green and yellow jelly bean jar slips

Take 3 minutes to come up with pedagogical scenarios with the combination you have– I’ll time you. Make up multiples if you got

an easy one– BTW--this is “application”

Take 5 minutes to share and mashup ideas with 1-3 other peopleBTW--