Recently I have been developing a few new units based on Bloom's and came across a question as to which level of Bloom's a certain activity would fall into. I wanted to incorporate a photographic essay (here is a link to wikipedia's page on Photo-essays if you'd like to learn more about them) into my unit and thought that it would fall into Application, but I wasn't completely sure. Let me give you some background... I was a history major in college and no, not the "I'm going to be a teacher" history major. I was the "I'm taking history because I like it and it will be an easy degree to help get me into Law School." The point of that background info is... although I have experience with Bloom's, I am still learning and in no way an "expert."
I took the photo-essay question to our resident expert on Bloom's
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Bloom's Taxonomy Sample Products and Activities Part 2
Below are some examples of products/activities for the last three levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. I posted
examples for the first three levels in my last post.
Analysis/Analyzing Products:
Analysis/Analyzing Products:
- cause/effect
- crossword puzzle
- family tree
- mobile display
- outlining
- sentence diagramming
- survey
- advertisement
- comic strip
- poetry writing
- musical review
- journal narrative
- design of a process
- group mural
- creative writing
- letter to the editor
- mock trial
- self evaluations
- grading papers
- music critiquing
- panel discussion
- item appraisal
Friday, May 25, 2012
Bloom's Taxonomy Sample Products and Activities Part 1
Below are some examples of products/activities for the first three levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. I will post
examples for the next three levels next week.
Knowledge/Remembering Products:
Knowledge/Remembering Products:
- fill-in-the-blank worksheet
- fact file
- multiple choice worksheets
- spelling list
- study cards
- matching worksheet
- discussions
- book report
- blueprint
- collage
- English translation
- book summary
- music reading
- speech overview
- math computation
- board game
- collection
- diagram
- experiment
- interview
- model construction
- problem solving
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Bloom's Taxonomy Question Examples Part 2
This is the second post on Bloom's Taxonomy questions/prompts. Please see my last post for questions and prompts from the first three levels of blooms.
Analysis/Analyzing Questions:- Is this statement a fact or opinion? (distinguish)
- What do you read between the lines? (infer)
- Why is this information relevant? (analyze)
- How is this information arranged? (recognize structure)
- What caused this outcome? (identify technique)
Synthesis/Creating Questions:
- How will you express that idea in writing? (write)
- How do you propose to organize this project? (organize)
- What would happen if ...? (hypothesize)
- How would you turn this poem into a song? (modify)
- Can you design a tool that will make this job easier? (design)
- How will you combine these elements to make something new? (combine)
Evaluation/Evaluating Questions:
- Which one is the best? (compare)
- What is the most important? (value)
- What do you think about this issue? (appraise)
- Is this story well written? (judge)
- Why is this your favorite? (critique)
The next couple of posts will give examples of products to use at each level. Stay tuned. Please share this with all your colleagues on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc. As always, check out the Resources page on the right for great Bloom's Taxonomy resources.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Bloom's Taxonomy Question Examples Part 1
Below are some examples of questions and prompts for the first three levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. I will post examples for the next three levels next week. Please adapt these questions to use in your own lessons. Help your students learn at higher levels! (The Bloom's verb being used is in parentheses.)
Knowledge/Remembering Questions:
Comprehension/Understanding Questions:
Application/Applying Questions:
Knowledge/Remembering Questions:
- What is a kudo? (define)
- How is Congress organized? (remember)
- Which state on the map is Indiana? (recognize)
- How many donuts are in a dozen? (recall)
Comprehension/Understanding Questions:
- Which details support the topic sentence? (explain)
- Can you use this word in a sentence? (use)
- Can you retell the story in your own words? (summarize)
- What message is this infomercial communicating? (interpret)
- Can you estimate how many copies of this book have been sold? (estimate)
- Do you have enough information to answer the question? (conclude)
Application/Applying Questions:
- Why did you choose this answer? (support)
- Why won't this light come on? (solve)
- How are these two related? (relate)
- What do you think will happen? (predict)
- Can you draw a flow chart showing your problem solving steps? (calculate)
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Evaluation: Judge It!
Bloom's Posters from Pieces of Learning |
- Assess for accuracy
- Evaluate based on a specific set of criteria
- Compare with the highest known standards
Lowest Level: locating errors in content or logical thinking
Commonly used verbs at the Application level (Actual verbs from the original Taxonomy are in italic):
- appraise
- assess
- compare
- conclude
- critique
- defend
- evaluate
- give an opinion
- judge
- justify
- locate errors
- recommend
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Synthesis: Create It!
Definition: the putting together of elementary and parts to form a whole. This unique arrangement must create a new pattern or structure that was clearly not there before. This level recognizes creative behavior, but does not imply free expression.
Lowest Level: create a list of new ways to use this object
Commonly used verbs at the Application level (Actual verbs from the original Taxonomy are in italic):
- Create something new by making connections with prior knowledge.
- Develop a hypothesis or prediction.
- Plan a procedure or a design.
Lowest Level: create a list of new ways to use this object
Commonly used verbs at the Application level (Actual verbs from the original Taxonomy are in italic):
- arrange
- combine
- compose
- create
- design
- develop
- generalize
- hypothesize
- invent
- modify
- plan
- write
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