In this presentation, you will learn about what a taxonomy is, what the two-dimensional taxonomy means for you in your classroom, and how to write student learning outcomes (SLOs) using Bloom's Revised Taxonomy.

1. Bloom’s Revised
Taxonomy
by Bryce Hantla, Ed.D.
College of Biblical Studies-Houston
bfhantla@gmail.com

2. Objectives-Based Teaching
 What are Objectives?
 Goals or aims (even though these are broader than an
objective) that the teacher states explicitly for the
student.
 Why do I need to use them?
 Marzano’s meta-analysis records an average percentile
gain of 25 when objectives are used in an educational
setting! (Classroom instruction that Works, 2001)
 Because you love your students!
 How do I use them in an educational setting?
 Write them so that the student can see them
 Try having the student rewrite them in his own words

3. What is Bloom’s Taxonomy?
 Taxonomy – “n. Classification, esp. Of
animals and plants according to their natural
relationships…“1
 Bloom’s Taxonomy – “n. Classification method
to make objective writing more concrete for
the intentional educator.”

4. Constructing Objectives
 Ex. “The student will be able to (or
learn to) verb noun”
 The verb indicates the cognitive
process
 The noun indicates the knowledge
being transferred to the learner

5. Simple Complex
AbstractConcrete

19. Example 1
 The student will be able to (SWBAT) list the
order of operations

20. Example 2
 The SWBAT construct a model of a human
cell.

21. Example 3
 The SWBAT use sine, cosine, and tangent

22. Example 4
 The SWBAT develop a product of his choice
from the teacher’s criteria.

23. Time for Practice
 Remember:
 “The student will be able to verb noun.”
 Don’t be overly specific (regarding techniques,
etc.)
 Use intentional language from your charts
(Tables 4, 5, and 6)
 See if you can align your objectives on the chart
from Table 1
 Develop three learning objectives geared
toward your field of practice

24. TEST QUESTION 1
 Evaluate the following objective:
“The student will be able to differentiate
between two birds in a phylogenetic taxonomy
based on the criteria provided in class.”
a) Not Correct
b) Correct

25. TEST ITEM 2
 T/F:
Metacognitive knowledge is more like thinking
about thinking than actual learning

26. TEST ITEM 3
 T/F:
Bloom’s taxonomy was not written to
undermine the educational system that had
not yet been implemented by the behaviorists.

27. TEST ITEM 4
 Which of the following IS NOT one of the
verbs in the Apply category?
a) discovers
b) comprehends
c) manipulates
d) modifies
e) none of the above
f) all of the above

28. TEST ITEM 5
 Who said the following quote from the extant
research in cognitive psychology?
“Objectives are intended results, intended
outcomes, intended changes.”