2. • Benjamin Samuel Bloom, one of the
greatest minds to influence the field of
education, was born on February 21, 1913
in Lansford, Pennsylvania.
3. • Bloom received both a bachelor’s and
master’s degree from Pennsylvania State
University in 1935.
• He went on to earn a doctorate’s degree
from the University of Chicago in 1942
and…Benjamin Bloom died in his home in
Chicago on September 13, 1999. He died at
the age of 86.
4. Bloom’s Taxonomy
Categories of Cognitive Domain
• KNOWLEDGE
Recall, or recognition of
terms, ideas, procedure, theories, etc.
Example of Students Measurable
Outcomes:
When is the first day of Spring?
…The data is based on facts.
5. Bloom’s Taxonomy
Categories of Cognitive Domain
• Comprehension (Understanding)
Translate, interpret, Summarize, Discuss, Ex
plain
Example of Students Measurable outcomes:
• What was the main idea...?
…State a problem in one's own words.
6. Bloom’s Taxonomy
Categories of Cognitive Domain
• Application (Applying)
Generalize the whole idea.
Example of Students Measurable Outcomes:
• From the information given, can you
develop a set of instructions about...?
..it based on the standard principle.
7. Bloom’s Taxonomy
Categories of Cognitive Domain
• Analysis (Analyzing)
Separation of a complex idea into its
constituent parts and an understanding of
organization and relationship between the
parts.
Example of Students Measurable Outcomes:
• What do you see as other possible
outcomes?
• .. Arrange, Organize
8. Bloom’s Taxonomy
Categories of Cognitive Domain
• Synthesis (Creating)
applying prior knowledge
Example of Students Measurable
Outcomes:
Can you design a ... to ...?
…revise, compose a new idea.
9. Bloom’s Taxonomy
Categories of Cognitive Domain
• . Evaluation (Evaluating )
To make a judgment of ideas
Example of Students Measurable
Outcomes:
Do you think…is a good or a bad thing?
…justify, critique and judge.
10. SIX THINKING HATS
White Hat is for facts, figures
and information.
Remember It = Like writing
facts on a "white'board
- What questions do I need to
ask and what other information
do I need?
11. SIX THINKING HATS
• Red Hat is for feelings.
Remember It = Red for emotion, passion like a
red heart
- How do I feel about this right now? What is
my intuition or hunch about this topic? .
12. SIX THINKING HATS
• Blue Hat - Thinking about thinking.
• Remember It = Blue for the Teacher's Hat
- How did I get to that answer? What have
we done so far and what's next? .
13. SIX THINKING HATS
• Yellow Hat - Is for all the good points.
• Remember It = Good like the sun
- Why is this worth doing? How will it help
us? Why will it work? .
14. SIX THINKING HATS
• Green Hat - is for creativity and
growing different or new ideas.
Remember it = Green grass grows
- What other suggestions can we make?
What are some other ways to solve this
problem?
15. SIX THINKING HATS
Black Hat - The Doubtful Thinker
The Crtitical Analysis.
I don't like thinking of it as The Bad Points.
Crtitical analysis is a good skill and much
needed. Using "bad points" conjures
negativity
What caution do we need to take ?What are
the weaknesses of this idea?
16. The Combination of Yellow
and Black Hat
• Don't forget that the hats can be
striped too.
• Yellow and Black stripes
• =Evaluation