Blooms Taxonomy Levels of Learning KNOWLEDGE Things memorized

Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels of Learning

KNOWLEDGE Things memorized without necessarily having a full understanding. • Identifying names, places, dates, definitions Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 2|2

COMPREHENSION You understand information enough to explain it in your own words. • Explaining, summarizing, describing, Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 2|3

APPLICATION You find some practical use for the information and use it to solve other problems. • Using the information, solving problems, examining, modifying, relating, changing Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 2|4

ANALYSIS You break complex ideas into parts and see how the parts work together • Seeing patterns, organizing parts, connecting, comparing, inferring Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 2|5

SYNTHESIS You make connections with things you already know. • drawing conclusions, making predictions, designing, inventing, generalizing Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 2|6

EVALUATION You judge something's worth assessing, ranking, grading, testing recommending, explaining, supporting, convincing Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 2|7

Exercise on page 43 of Practicing College Learning Styles, 4 th Edition Hopper/Houghton Mifflin 2007 What level of Bloom’s Taxonomy would the following activities require? Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 2|8

Changing a flat tire Application Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 2|9

Finding the main idea of a paragraph Comprehension Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 2 | 10

Explaining a class lecture to a friend who was absent. Comprehension Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 2 | 11

Summarizing an Article Comprehension Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 2 | 12

Finding the lowest common denominator fractions Analysis Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 2 | 13

Finding the correct answer to a multiple choice question Knowledge Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. A. B. C. D. 2 | 14

Creating a webpage Synthesis Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 2 | 15

Appraising the damage to your wrecked car Evaluation Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 2 | 16

Listing the states and capitals Knowledge Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 2 | 17

Making an apple pie Synthesis(Application) Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 2 | 18

Comparison shopping for the best buy Evaluation Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 2 | 19

Writing an essay for English class Synthesis Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 2 | 20

Computing your GPA Application Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 2 | 21