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Bloom's
Taxonomy

Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Benjamin Bloom ranked thinking skills
• Simple to complex levels of cognitive
activity
• Students should practice the full array of
thinking skills
Bloom, B. S. (Ed.). ( 1956). Taxonomy of educational objectives, Vol.1: The cognitive domain. New York: McKay.

Bloom’s Taxonomy
Compre-
Knowledge Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation
hension
Understand-ing Make
Recalling Facts Solve Problems Break Apart Combine Ideas
Ideas Judgments
In your own How would What did you Can you Would it be
What is…?
words…? you use…? think…? invent…? better if…?
Simple to Complex

Activity: Flash Cards
Compre-
Knowledge Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation
hension
Understand-ing Make
Recalling Facts Solve Problems Break Apart Combine Ideas
Ideas Judgments
In your own How would What did you Can you Would it be
What is…?
words…? you use…? think…? invent…? better if…?
• Palm Application: MathAce

F act
Pow er!

Place
Value

The Ones Place
5 + 8 = 13
2 + 6 = 8
3 + 1 + 7 = 11

The Ones Place
6 + 4 + 9 + 5 =
24

The Ones Place
5 + 0 + 1 + 8 +
2 + 9 + 7 = 32

Let’s not use
the + symbol

7 0 8 5
1 2 4 6
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4 3 9 5
7 0 1 2

7 0 8 5
1 2 4 6 16
4 3 9 5
7 0 1 2

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7 0 8 5
1 2 4 6 6
4 3 9 5
7 0 1 2

7
7 0 8 5
1 2 4 6 6
4 3 9 5
7 0 1 2

7
7 0 8 5
1 2 4 6 6
4 3 9 5
7 0 1 2
?

7
7 0 8 5
1 2 4 6 6
4 3 9 5
7 0 1 2
2

7
7 0 8 5
1 2 4 6 6
4 3 9 5
7 0 1 2
2

7
7 0
? 8 5
1 2 4 6 6
4 3 9 5
7 0 1 2
2

7 0
15 8 5
1 2 4 6
4 3 9 5
7 0 1 2

7 0
5 8 5
1 2 4 6
4 3 9 5
7 0 1 2

Activity: Lightning Distance
Compre-
Knowledge Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation
hension
Understand-ing Make
Recalling Facts Solve Problems Break Apart Combine Ideas
Ideas Judgments
In your own How would What did you Can you Would it be
What is…?
words…? you use…? think…? invent…? better if…?
• Palm Application: FlashBoom

FlashBoom!
Tap the cloud Tap the FlashBoom!
when you see “Boom” when displays the
lightning you hear distance
thunder

FlashBoom!
Settings
Tap Select Help Select
FlashBoom! for Tips Preferences
to access the to select Miles
menu or Kilometers

FlashBoom!
• Complete In/Out chart
• Develop a rule
• How does FlashBoom!
use this rule?
• Why don’t you see the
flash and hear the boom
at the same time?

Activity: Order of Operations
Compre-
Knowledge Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation
hension
Understand-ing Make
Recalling Facts Solve Problems Break Apart Combine Ideas
Ideas Judgments
In your own How would What did you Can you Would it be
What is…?
words…? you use…? think…? invent…? better if…?
• Palm Application: MathWiz

MathWiz
• Four random numbers
• +, -, (, ), x, and ÷
• Combine four numbers
and symbols
• Expression equals the
target number

MathWiz

MathWiz
Incorrect Expressions
Answer MathWiz Expression
incorrectly Tap
evaluates clear… is reset. Try
… the again!
expression

MathWiz
Menu Options
Select Instruction Read how to play
Select New Game
from the Help
from the Game menu
menu,,,
to get new numbers

Activity: Tired of Tapping
Compre-
Knowledge Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation
hension
Understand-ing Make
Recalling Facts Solve Problems Break Apart Combine Ideas
Ideas Judgments
In your own How would What did you Can you Would it be
What is…?
words…? you use…? think…? invent…? better if…?
• Palm Applications:
–People Counter
–Sheets To Go

People Counter

Take a Guess
• Guess how long it would take
you to tap nonstop:
• 100 times
• 1,000 times
• 100,000 times
• 1 million times
• 1 billion times
• 1 trillion times

Take a Sample
• Students tap for 60
seconds
• Remember the count
after 60 seconds

Sheets To Go
Input the 60 second Scroll down to see Scroll down and over
sample in the yellow taps per second, taps to see how long it
box and tap the green per minute, etc. would take to tap in
checkmark seconds, minutes,
hours, days, and years

Sheets To Go
Zoom the Screen
Tap SheetToGo to Choose Medium or Now you can see
access the menu and Small to see more more cells in the
select Zoom… data on screen spreadsheet!

Tired of Tapping
Number of Taps Time
100 28 seconds
1,000 4.6 minutes
100,000 7.7 hours
1 million 3.2 days
1 billion 8.8 years
1 trillion 8,768 years

Tired of Tapping
• Compare guesses with the estimates from
the spreadsheet
• Notice:
• 1,000 x 1,000 = 1 million
• 1,000 x 1 million = 1 billion
• 1,000 x 1 billion = 1 trillion

Activity: Geometry Spreadsheets
Compre-
Knowledge Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation
hension
Understand-ing Make
Recalling Facts Solve Problems Break Apart Combine Ideas
Ideas Judgments
In your own How would What did you Can you Would it be
What is…?
words…? you use…? think…? invent…? better if…?
• Palm Application: Sheets To Go

Sheets To Go
Create an Area Spreadsheet
Tap the New Select Sheet You have a Enter the text:
button To Go and blank “Area of a
enter the title spreadsheet Rectangle” and
“Area of a tap the
Rectangle” checkmark

Sheets To Go
Create an Area Spreadsheet
The text Tap Text Tap OK The text in
Select Cell…
appears in cell A1 is
from the Color and
the cell now red!
Format menu change it to
red and tap
the checkbox
for Bold

Sheets To Go
Create an Area Spreadsheet
Tap cell A3 Enter the Tap the Tap cell A4 Enter the
text: checkmark text: “Width”
“Length” & tap the
checkmark

Sheets To Go
Create an Area Spreadsheet
Tap Cell Choose Tap cell A6
Select cells Select
Color yellow
B3 & B4 Cell… from
the Format
menu

Sheets To Go
Create an Area Spreadsheet
Enter the Tap cell B6 Tap cell B3 Tap * for Tap cell B4
text: “Area” and then tap multipli-
and tap the fx cation
checkmark

Sheets To Go
Create an Area Spreadsheet
Sheets To Go
Select cell B4 and Select cell B4 and
calculates the
input a length input a width
area!

Geometry Spreadsheets
Students create their own spreadsheets with new
formulas

Activity: Roman Numerals
Compre-
Knowledge Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation
hension
Understand-ing Make
Recalling Facts Solve Problems Break Apart Combine Ideas
Ideas Judgments
In your own How would What did you Can you Would it be
What is…?
words…? you use…? think…? invent…? better if…?
• Palm Application: Numerus

Numerus
Input Method
Tap Numerus Choose Input
Tap the
to access the Method
Additive button
menu

Numerus
Tap the “I” button continuously

Numerus
Calculation: MM ÷ X
Tap C to Tap MM to Tap / for
Tap X to enter The answer
clear enter 2000 division
10 and then = is CC

Roman Numerals
• Learn by discovery
• Use the worksheet
• Or, have students create
a poster about Roman
Numerals

Roman Numerals eBook
• Beam the Roman
Numerals eBook to
students
• Palm Reader
• Read to check
understanding

Palm Reader
Opening an eBook
Tap on the Palm Tap the menu Tap Roman
Reader icon in the button then select Numerals then
applications Open… from the tap the Open
launcher Book menu button

Palm Reader
Reading an eBook
Tap the C icon Use your Notice page
Tap a chapter and
for the Table of handheld’s number in the
then tap the Go
Contents navigation corner
To button
buttons to go to
next page

Bloom’s Taxonomy
Compre-
Knowledge Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation
hension
Understand-ing Make
Recalling Facts Solve Problems Break Apart Combine Ideas
Ideas Judgments
In your own How would What did you Can you Would it be
What is…?
words…? you use…? think…? invent…? better if…?
Geometry
Lightning Order of Tired of Roman
MathCard Spread-
Distance Operations Tapping Numerals
sheets

Grab
Bag

Abacus Angles Crickometer
Tic Tac 15 Divisible Mixed Up
Simplify LCM GCF Tessellation