Bloom’s Taxonomy
Levels of Learning
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KNOWLEDGE
Things memorized without necessarily having a full understanding.
• Identifying names, places, dates, definitions
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COMPREHENSION
You understand information enough to explain it in your own words.
• Explaining, summarizing, describing,
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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
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ANALYSIS
You break complex ideas into parts and see how the parts work together
• Seeing patterns, organizing parts, connecting, comparing,inferring
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SYNTHESIS
You make connections with things you already know.
• drawing conclusions, making predictions,designing, inventing, generalizing
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EVALUATION
You judge something's worth
assessing, ranking, grading, testing recommending, explaining, supporting,convincing
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Exercise on page 43of Practicing College Learning Styles, 4th Edition
Hopper/Houghton Mifflin 2007
What level of Bloom’s Taxonomy would the following activities require?
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Changing a flat tire
Application
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Finding the main idea of a paragraph
Comprehension
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Explaining a class lecture to a friend who was absent.
Comprehension
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Summarizing an Article
Comprehension
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Finding the lowest common denominator for fractions
Analysis
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Finding the correct answer to a multiple choice question
Knowledge
A.B.C.D.
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Creating a webpage
Synthesis
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Appraising the damage to your wrecked car
Evaluation
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Listing the states and capitals
Knowledge
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Making an apple pie
Synthesis(Application)
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Comparison shopping for the best buy
Evaluation
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Writing an essay for English class
Synthesis
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Computing your GPA
Application
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