4. Bloom's taxonomy
● Bloom's Taxonomy was created in 1956 under the
leadership of educational psychologist Dr. Benjamin
Bloom in order to promote higher forms of thinking
in education
● It is a set of three hierarchical models used to
classify educational learning objectives into levels of
complexity .
● Bloom's taxonomy helps educators develop critical
thinking and higher order cognitive abilities in
students.
5. Bloom’s taxonomy is a powerful tool to help develop learning
objectives because it explains the process of learning:
Before you can understand a concept, you must remember it.
To apply a concept you must first understand it.
In order to evaluate a process, you must have analyzed it.
To create an accurate conclusion, you must have completed a
thorough evaluation.
12. Six levels
● Remember: Within this level the information that needs to be remembered ranges from
simple to complex.
For example Can the student recall or remember the information?
● Understand: Having the ability to comprehend the information or show an understanding
of what was presented . The most simple part of this level requires students to
understand the information and grasp the meaning of the material.
For example Can the student explain the ideas or concept?
● Apply: When a student takes the information they have understood and uses it in a
different situation they are showing application of the information.
For example Can the student use the information in a new way?
13. ● Analyze: Within the fourth level of Bloom's taxonomy students need
to be able to break the information into parts and understand the
organization of the information in order to clarify the information. For
example Can the students distinguish between the different parts?
● Evaluate: Being able to put various parts of information together to
form a new idea is what is involved. At the simplest level students
need to be able to use old ideas to create new ones. For example Can
the student justify a decision?
● Create: The learner needs to hold the ability to judge the value of the
information for the purpose and to support this judgement using
justification from various types of evidence. For example Can the
student create a new product or point of view?
14. Example Learning Objective
Create
design, formulate, build, invent, create, compose, generate, derive, modify, develop.
By the end of this lesson, the student will be able to design an original homework
problem dealing with the principle of conservation of energy.
Evaluate
choose, support, relate, determine, defend, judge, grade, compare, contrast, argue,
justify, support, convince, select, evaluate.
By the end of this lesson, the student will be able to determine whether using
conservation of energy or conservation of momentum would be more appropriate
for solving a dynamics problem.
Analyze
classify, break down, categorize, analyze, diagram, illustrate, criticize, simplify,
associate.
By the end of this lesson, the student will be able to differentiate between potential
and kinetic energy.
15. Apply
calculate, predict, apply, solve, illustrate, use, demonstrate, determine, model, perform,
present.
By the end of this lesson, the student will be able to calculate the kinetic energy of a
projectile.
Understand
describe, explain, paraphrase, restate, give original examples of, summarize, contrast,
interpret, discuss.
By the end of this lesson, the student will be able to describe Newton’s three laws of
motion to in her/his own words
Remember
list, recite, outline, define, name, match, quote, recall, identify, label, recognize.
By the end of this lesson, the student will be able to recite Newton’s three laws of
motion.
16. An Aim is……
An aim in a lesson plan is generally thought to encompass the
lesson as a whole. The aim broadly focuses on what you plan
to do and achieve with your students in a lesson.
Experienced, published teacher James Atherton writes, "Aims are
broad statements of what learning you hope to generate.
The Aim is the point of the whole thing." To determine an
aim for your lesson, focus on what part of the curriculum you
are teaching and how you are going to achieve your goals for
the students.
