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1 Bloom’s Taxonomy Ceanlia Vermeulen

2 About Benjamin Bloom A facilitator, a scholar, and a researcher in the field of Education Taxonomy of educational objectives: Handbook 1, the cognitive domain (Bloom et al., 1956)

3 Six Levels of Questions
Evaluation Synthesis Levels of Thinking Skills Analysis Application Comprehension Knowledge

4 Knowledge Level Recall of information
Knowledge of data, events, and places Knowledge of major ideas Mastery of Subject matter Question Cues: List, define, tell, describe, identify, show, label, collect, examine, who, when , where, etc. List the major cities in South Africa. Define the capital city of South Africa.

5 Comprehension Level Understanding information Grasp key meaning
Translate knowledge to a new context Interpret, compare, contrast facts Order, group, infer causes Question cue: Summarize, interpret, contrast, associate, distinguish, estimate, differentiate, discuss, extend, why, etc. Discuss the environmental problems existing in the major cities in South Africa. Infer the causes for the problems.

6 Application Level Use information
Use methods, concepts, theories in new situation Solve problems using required skills or knowledge Question cues: Apply, demonstrate, calculate, complete, illustrate, show, solve, examine, modify, relate, change, experiment, discover, etc. Work out possible solutions for the environmental problems in the major cities in South Africa. Calculations and experiments skills might be involved during the process to answer the question.

7 Analysis Level Seeing patterns Organization of parts
Recognition of hidden meanings Identification of components Question cues: Analyze, separate, order, explain, connect, classify, arrange, divide, compare, select, explain, etc. Classify the environmental problems into different categories.

8 Synthesis Level Use old ideas to create new ones
Generalize, predict from given facts Relate knowledge from several areas Draw conclusions Question cues: Combine, integrate, modify, rearrange, substitute, plan, create, design, invent, what if?, compose, formulate, prepare, generalize, rewrite, predict, etc. Design and plan a social activity to call for more urban residents to contribute to environmental protection.

9 Evaluation Level Compare and discriminate between ideas
Judge and appreciate value of concepts, theories, and principles Make choice based on reasoned argument Verify values of evidence Recognize subjectivity Question Cues: Assess, decide, rank, grade, test, measure, recommend, convince, select, judge, discriminate, support, conclude, etc. Recommend the most practical and economic environment protecting plan to the city government. Use evidences and arguments to support your recommendations and convince the ministers.

10 Exercises Identify the capital of Australia from the following list: Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation

11 Exercises What classification of animals would a FROG belong to?
mammal / bird / fish / reptile / amphibian / insect Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation

12 Exercises Predict what would have happened to early Native Americans if they did not follow the migration of buffaloes: They would hunt and eat other animals instead / They would starve / They would get all their food by farming Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation

13 This is a basic question of knowledge to test whether
Great !!! Good job !! This is a basic question of knowledge to test whether learners recall the knowledge being taught. Next Question

14 Great !!! Good job !! The learners are asked about the classification of animals and apply his/her knowledge to answer this question. The facilitators should follow the question by asking the learner to justify the answers. Next Question

15 Great !!! Good job !! The learners are asked to PREDICT what would happen based on the given facts and their previous knowledge related.

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19 Ceanlia Vermeulen ceanlia@gmail.com Cell: 082 905 9339
Thank you! Ceanlia Vermeulen Cell:


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