of Educational Objectives Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives 1956 6 major categories Hierarchial: That is, mastery of each “lower” category was a prerequisite for achieving mastery of the next “higher” category. What is wrong with this picture? Knowledge comes in many forms and dimensions. Not all knowledge is factual. Example: Knowledge: Recognizing features of a concept (factual knowledge) is different from having knowledge of using the information to make a decision about the knowledge. (metacognitive knowledge) Example: The Civil War: Factual knowledge: Dates, places, battles The Civil War: Metacognitive Placing date of civil war into understanding of that society. Bloom’s Taxonomy (Bloom,1956)

Bloom’s Taxonomy Used as a reference to discuss levels of thinking Used to design curriculum Used to identify the scope of the lesson A tool for writing evaluation objectives