C Sc 3315
Advanced Technology in the Schools

Bloom's Taxonomy

Bloom's Taxonomy is a way to classify instructional activities or questions as they progress in difficulty.  The lower levels require less in the way of thinking skills.  As one moves down the hierarchy, the activities require higher level thinking skills.
Level Type of Activity
or Question
Verbs Used for Objectives
Lowest level Knowledge define, memorize, repeat, record, list, recall, name, relate, collect, label, specify, cite, enumerate, tell, recount
  Comprehension restate, summarize, discuss, describe, recognize, explain, express, identify, locate, report, retell, review, translate
  Application exhibit, solve, interview, simulate, apply, employ, use, demonstrate, dramatize, practice, illustrate, operate, calculate, show, experiment
Higher levels Analysis interpret, classify, analyze, arrange, differentiate, group, compare, organize, contrast, examine, scrutinize, survey, categorize, dissect, probe, inventory, investigate, question, discover, text, inquire, distinguish, detect, diagram, inspect
  Synthesis compose, setup, plan, prepare, propose, imagine, produce, hypothesize, invent, incorporate, develop, generalize, design, originate, formulate, predict, arrange, contrive, assemble, concoct, construct, systematize, create
  Evaluation judge, assess, decide, measure, appraise, estimate, evaluate, infer, rate, deduce, compare, score, value, predict, revise, choose, conclude, recommend, select, determine, criticize
 
Example Product list:
 
Advertisement
Annotated bibliography
Art gallery
Biography
Blueprint
Board game
Book Cover
Bulletin board
Card game
Chart
Collage
Collection with illustration
Collection with narrative
Comic Strip
Computer program
Crossword puzzle
Debate
Detailed illustration
Diary
Diorama
Display
Drama
Dramatic monologue
Editorial
Essay
Experiment
Experiment Log
Fable
Fact file
Fairy tale
Family tree
Glossary
Graph
Graphic design
Greeting card
Illustrated story
Journal
Labeled diagram
Large scale drawing
Lecture
Letter
Letter to the editor
Lesson
Line drawing
Magazine article
Map
Map with legend
Mobile
Monograph
Museum exhibit
Musical composition
News report
Pamphlet
Pattern with instructions
Photo essay
Picture dictionary
Poem
Poster
Reference file
Powerpoint Presentation
Survey
Transparency of overhead
Vocabulary List
Written report

Example of taking an objective and creating questions and activities from each of the different levels:

Objective:  The student will write a compound sentence using conjunctions.

Questions and Activities that might follow:

Knowledge
    1.  What is a compound sentence?
    2.  List the conjunctions that you could use to combine sentences into a compound sentence.

Comprehension
    1.  What is the difference between a compound and a simple sentence?
    2.  Create a compound sentence from two given simple sentences.

Application
    1.  Write one example of a compound sentence.
    2.  Use the conjunction "and" to form a compound sentence.

Analysis
    1.  Identify reasons for using conjunctions to form compound sentences.
    2.  Compare the three conjunctions "and", "or", and "but" and explain the differences between each.

Synthesis
    1.  Write a paragraph that uses each of the three conjunctions to form a compound sentence.

Evaluation
    1.  Trade paragraphs with a partner and look for 3 compound sentences using "and", "or", and "but".
    2.  Determine whether or not your partner understands writing with compound sentences and be prepared to defend your answers.

The preceeding instructional example is courtesy of Mrs. Joannie Prado.


author: A. T. Wyatt, Ed. D.
McMurry University