The document discusses Bloom's taxonomy, which is a classification system used to define educational goals and objectives. It identifies three domains of learning - cognitive, affective, and psychomotor. The cognitive domain involves thinking and knowledge-based skills, and contains six levels: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. The levels progress from basic recall to more complex thinking skills. The document provides definitions and examples of educational objectives for each of the six levels in the cognitive domain.

1. OBJECTIVES OF CURRICULUM
• Taxonomy of educational objectives
• Cognitive Domain

2. DEFINITION
OF
CURRICULUM

3. BLOOM’S TAXONOMY
• In the 1950’s, Benjamin Bloom headed a group of
educational psychologists whose goal was to develop a
system of categories of learning behavior to assist in the
design and assessment of educational learning. The
group identified three domains of learning.
• Cognitive (thinking)
• Affective (feeling)
• Psychomotor (doing)

4. The Cognitive Domain
• Cognition refers to conscious mental
activities, and include thinking, reasoning,
understanding, learning, and remembering.
• The taxonomy contains six levels, with
sublevels identified for each.

5. The Cognitive Domain
A reminder for remembering the six levels:
Killing
Cats
Almost
Always
Seems
Evil
Knowledge
Comprehension
Application
Analysis
Synthesis
Evaluation

6. The Cognitive Domain
Knowledge
Student recalls or
recognizes information,
ideas, and principles in the
approximate form in which
they were learned.

7. The Cognitive Domain
Knowledge
Write
List
Label
Name
State
Define

8. The Cognitive Domain
Knowledge
The student will define the 6
levels of Bloom's taxonomy
of the cognitive domain.

9. The Cognitive Domain
Comprehension
Student translates,
comprehends, or interprets
information based on prior
learning.

10. The Cognitive Domain
Explain
Summarize
Paraphrase
Describe
Illustrate
Comprehension

11. The Cognitive Domain
The student will explain
the purpose of Bloom's
taxonomy of the cognitive
domain.
Comprehension

12. The Cognitive Domain
Application
Student selects, transfers,
and uses data and
principles to complete a
problem or task with a
minimum of direction.

13. The Cognitive Domain
Application
Use
Compute
Solve
Demonstrate
Apply
Construct

14. The Cognitive Domain
Application
The student will write an
instructional objective for
each level of Bloom's
taxonomy.

15. The Cognitive Domain
Analysis
Student distinguishes,
classifies, and relates the
assumptions, hypotheses,
evidence, or structure of a
statement or question.

16. The Cognitive Domain
Analysis
Analyze
Categorize
Compare
Contrast
Separate

17. The Cognitive Domain
Analysis
The student will compare
and contrast the cognitive
and affective domains.

18. The Cognitive Domain
Synthesis
Student originates,
integrates, and combines
ideas into a product, plan
or proposal that is new to
him or her.

19. The Cognitive Domain
Synthesis
Create
Design
Hypothesize
Invent
Develop

20. The Cognitive Domain
Synthesis
The student will design a
classification scheme for writing
educational objectives that
combines the cognitive, affective,
and psychomotor domains.

21. The Cognitive Domain
Evaluation
Student appraises,
assesses, or critiques on a
basis of specific standards
and criteria.

22. The Cognitive Domain
Evaluation
Judge
Recommend
Critique
Justify

23. The Cognitive Domain
Evaluation
The student will judge the
effectiveness of writing
objectives using Bloom's
taxonomy.

24. THE COGNITIVE DOMAIN
CREATIVE THINKING
Synthesis
CRITICAL THINKING
Evaluation
Analysis
Application
Comprehension
Knowledge