1. QUESTIONING Blooms Taxonomy students retain: 10% of what they read
20% of what they hear
30% of what they see
50% of what they see and hear
70% of what they say
90% of what they say and do.

2. Overview of session
What is Blooms Taxonomy and why are we looking at it?
What does this mean for me as a teacher at PCSC – reflect on current practise?
Examples of questions

3. Benjamin Bloom

4. Overview of Bloom’s Taxonomy
6 levels

5. Original Terms New Terms
Evaluation
Synthesis
Analysis
Application
Comprehension
Knowledge
Creating
Evaluating
Analysing
Applying
Understanding
Remembering

6. Overview of Bloom’s Taxonomy (Revised)

7. 1. Remembering
The learner is able to recall, restate and remember learned information
Recognising Listing
Describing Identifying
Retrieving Naming
Locating Finding
How many ……………?
Who was it that………?

8. 2. Understanding
The learner grasps the meaning of information by interpreting and translating what has been learned.
Interpreting Exemplifying Summarising
Inferring Paraphrasing Classifying
Comparing Explaining   
Who was the key character?
Can you provide an example of……..?

9. 3. Applying
The learner makes use of information in a context different from the one in which it was learned
Implementing Carrying out
Using Executing
Do you know another instance where…….?
What factors would you change if………?

10. 4. Analysing
The learner breaks learned information into its parts to best understand that information
Comparing Organising Deconstructing
Attributing Outlining Finding
Structuring Integrating
What do you see as other possible outcomes?
How can you distinguish between…….?

11. 5. Evaluating
The learner makes decisions based on in-depth reflection, criticism and assessment.
Checking Hypothesising Critiquing
Experimenting Judging Testing
Detecting Monitoring
Is there a better solution to……….?
Do you think …………. is a good or bad thing?

12. 6. Creating
The learner creates new ideas and information using what has been previously learned.
Designing Constructing
Planning Producing
Inventing Devising
Making
Can you create new and unusual uses for….?
Can you develop a proposal which would……?

13. Overview of Bloom’s Taxonomy
6 levels

15. A Question
of Sport
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16. Picture/Quiz Board 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

17. Who is this?
      
Dame Kelly Holmes

18. How many players are ‘on court’ during a basketball match?10

19. Can you explain the offside rule in football?
Yeah right, in this text box!!!!

20. What differences exist between Rugby Union and Rugby League?
Number of players: 13 or 15
Contested / uncontested: scrums, tackles & lineouts……..

21. For the game of Netball, can you draw a diagram to show where the ‘centre’ is permitted to go?

22. Not Beckham – he’s past it
What would be your starting 11 for the England Football Team?
Not Beckham – he’s past it

23. There is a limit to your budget!
Which 11 Premiership players would score you the most points in Fantasy Football League 2007/08?
There is a limit to your budget!

24. Classify the earnings of the top sportsmen from 10 different sports?
I’m in the wrong job!

25. Investigate why Nike has been so successful in dominating the sportswear market
“I’m Tiger Woods!”

26. After reviewing the system in the USA, how could the standard of basketball in the UK be improved?
…see Paul Williams

27. Can you design a piece of fitness equipment that will improve your ability to throw further?
Dodge, Duck, Weave, Dive, Dodge

28. Devise a way to prevent the rise in childhood obesity in the UK