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Bloom’s Taxonomy

Bloom’s Taxonomy. A Focus on Higher Level Thinking Skills. Background. In 1956, Benjamin Bloom, a professor at the University of Chicago, shared his famous "Taxonomy of Educational Objectives".

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Bloom’s Taxonomy

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  1. Bloom’s Taxonomy A Focus on Higher Level Thinking Skills

  2. Background In 1956, Benjamin Bloom, a professor at the University of Chicago, shared his famous "Taxonomy of Educational Objectives". Bloom identified six levels of cognitive complexity that have been used over the past four decades to make sure that instruction stimulates and develops students' higher-order thinking skills.

  3. Evaluation Synthesis Analysis Application Comprehension Knowledge Higher-Level Thinking Skills

  4. list • name • identify • show • define • recognize • recall • match • define • classify • describe • locate • outline • give examples • distinguish opinion from fact Knowledge Recall or recognition of information.

  5. paraphrase • differentiate • demonstrate • visualize • restate  • rewrite • give examples • summarize • explain • interpret • describe • compare • convert • distinguish • estimate Comprehension The ability to understand, translate, paraphrase, interpret or extrapolate material. (Predict outcome and effects).

  6. apply • classify • modify • put into practice • demonstrate • compute • operate • solve • illustrate • calculate • interpret • manipulate • predict • show Application The capacity to use information and transfer knowledge from one setting to another. (Use learned material in a new situation).

  7. analyze • organize • deduce • choose • diagram • discriminate • contrast • compare • distinguish  • categorize • outline • relate Analysis Identifying detail and having the ability to discover and differentiate the component parts of a situation or information.

  8. design • hypothesize • support • write • report • combine • comply • develop • discuss • plan • compare • create • construct  • rearrange • compose • organize Synthesis The ability to combine parts to create the big picture.

  9. evaluate • choose • estimate • judge • defend • appraise • criticize • justify  • debate • support your reason • conclude • assess • rate Evaluation The ability to judge the value or use of information using appropriate criteria. (Support judgment with reason).

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