Benjamin Bloom created this taxonomy for categorizing level of abstraction of questions that commonly occur in educational settings. The taxonomy provides a useful structure in which to categorize test questions, since professors will characteristically ask questions within particular levels, and if you can determine the levels of questions that will appear on your exams, you will be able to study using appropriate strategies.
Knowledge: arrange, define, duplicate, label, list, memorize, name, order, recognize, relate, recall, repeat, reproduce state.
Comprehension: classify, describe, discuss, explain, express, identify, indicate, locate, recognize, report, restate, review, select, translate,
Application: apply, choose, demonstrate, dramatize, employ, illustrate, interpret, operate, practice, schedule, sketch, solve, use, write.
Analysis: analyze, appraise, calculate, categorize, compare, contrast, criticize, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, examine, experiment, question, test.
Synthesis: arrange, assemble, collect, compose, construct, create, design, develop, formulate, manage, organize, plan, prepare, propose, set up, write.
Evaluation: appraise, argue, assess, attach, choose compare, defend estimate, judge, predict, rate, core, select, support, value, evaluate.
My view: Blooms taxonomy allows us to have a set of steps to stick to when discussing different ideas. These six steps mean there is an opportunity to break up our ideas and place them into categories. As stated above this taxonomy creates a way for students to study correctly for exam questions as well as analysing different points. This blog was made a lot easier to do by the fact we had the 6 steps in front of us.It enabled us to follow the steps and create an entry suitable for an academic blog. In my future learning spaces i will ensure all my students understand the taxonomy and when to apply the different points. This will allow them to understand the content correctly.
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