1. Bloom's Taxonomy
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2. You might be asking:
Who is Bloom?
What is his taxonomy?
How does it work?

3. Why am I reading this Presentation?
More importantly:
Why am I reading this Presentation?

4. To answer the more "important" question:
Bloom’s Taxonomy is a terrific strategy that you can use in the future. It has relevance in a wide variety of applications.
Also, if you refer to your group web assignment, Blooms Taxonomy will help you create a website that “combines mastery of the chapter material with effective educational web design” and “provocations for readers to think about, individual or group activities around the material in the chapter, discussion questions” (MIS204 H Web Page)

5. Who is Bloom? Full Name: Benjamin Bloom
Occupation: educational psychologist
Note: recognized as the the leader in the pursuit of defining educational objectives early this century.
In 1956, Bloom was head of a team of psychologists that discovered 95% of all test questions required test takers to only think at the lowest possible learning level.

6. The Taxonomy
From his research, Bloom identified 3 domains for thinking behaviors:
Cognitive:
Knowledge and development of intellectual skills
Psychomotor:
Includes the physical movement, coordination, and use of motor-skill areas.
Affective:
The manner in which we deal with things emotionally.

7. Courtesy of Officeport.
Cognitive Level:
The Cognitive level is broken down into 6 sub-categories. They can be referred to as degrees of difficulties. Note the pyramid below. The base being the easiest but least effective teaching method while the tip is the most effective but the hardest to use and learn.
Hardest
Most Effective
Least Effective
Easiest
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8. What does each level mean?
Evaluation:
Ability to make decisions and evaluations based on facts and ideas.
Synthesis: Take concepts and parts and put them together to create a structure or meaning
Analysis: Able to dissect and break into part concepts or distinguish between ideas and theories
Application: Can apply the new concept in a situation
Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpretation, and able to explain in one’s own words
Knowledge: Simple recall of data

9. Real Life Examples
Knowledge: Reciting the Pledge of Alliance (High School Memories)
Comprehension: Giving directions in your own words
Application: Using mathematical formulas, averaging your test scores.
Analysis: Trying to figure out why your computer doesn’t print.
Synthesis: Writing a book
Evaluation: Deciding whether to go to college or get a job.

10. Cognitive Key Words
Bloom also created a chart of keyword phrases to match his Cognitive sub-categories.
A sample:
Level
Keyword
Knowledge
define
Comprehension
explains
Application
changes
Analysis
contrast
Synthesis
compose
Evaluation
supports

11. WWW Hunt
Exercise: Search the internet to find a website with additional Bloom’s cognitive keywords and examples.
Use these words and concepts in your web page (part of the 204H group web assignment).

12. Psychomotor Easiest Hardest
Bloom also developed seven categories in the area of movement and motor-skills.
Perception: use of sensory cues to guide motor activity (Easiest level)
Set: Readiness to act
Guided Response: early stages in learning complex skills
Mechanism: middle stage of learning complex skills
Complex Overt Response: Achievement of highly skilled movements
Adaptation: Developed skills and ability to modify them
Origination: The ability create new movements to fit situations. (most complex level)
Easiest
Hardest

13. Complex Overt Response
Psychomotor Examples
Perception
Pick up non-verbal cues
Set
Knows (has) a set process
Guided Response
Ability to build from instructions
Mechanism
Repair leaky pipes
Complex Overt Response
Parallel Parking
Adaptation
Act unexpectedly
Origination
Construct a new dance

14. Psychomotor may not be used much in classroom teaching, but they are used in real life - where? Come up with some situations that may use Blooms Psychomotor level and then search the Internet to find examples to support your situations.

15. The affective Level Easiest Hardest
Bloom’s affective Level deals with emotions. It is broken down into 5 categories.
Receiving phenomena: willingness to hear (Easiest Level)
Responding to phenomena: Attends and reacts to phenomena
Valuing: deciding the value or worth of an item or action
Organization: Organizing values into priorities
Internalizing values: values that then control behavior (Most Complex Level)
Easiest
Hardest

16. EXAMPLES Receiving phenomena: Listen to others
Responding to phenomena:
Participate in class
Valuing:
Notify authority (a.k.a. boss) about feelings
Organization:
Accept Responsibility
Internalizing values:
Work well in teams

17. The affective level deals primarily with thoughts and behavior of a person. It is different for every person. Compare how you act in a situation and compare how values affect your actions? Does it follow the affective level?
For example, you are working in a group and don’t like their idea. Do you follow the suggestions on the previous slide? Previous Slide

18. For more practice, click below:
Now that you have a crash course in Bloom’s Taxonomy, try to apply it whenever possible. It will help you become a better teacher and a better learner.
You will mostly use the Cognitive level in teaching. Be sure to know the correct level to use with the audience. Not using, the appropriate cognitive level may either result in bored or confused audiences.
For more practice, click below:
Bloom test

19. the basics of Bloom's Taxonomy
References
Benjamin Bloom
Bloom's Taxonomy
the basics of Bloom's Taxonomy
©Umang Sawhney 2001