By: Saundra J. Watts
ETEC 5760
Bloom’s Taxonomy has three domains that
describe the way people think.
The cognitive domain is the one I will
discuss because it deals with the
intellectual outcomes.
Divided into six categories starting from the lowest
level to high level thinking.
1. Knowledge
2. Comprehension
3. Application
4. Analysis
5. Synthesis
6. Evaluation
Exhibit memory of previously
learned material by recalling,
facts, terms, basic concepts, and
answers.
Examples key words: who, what , where,
when , why
Demonstrate understanding of
facts and ideas by organizing,
comparing, translating,
interpreting, and giving
descriptions.
Example key words: compare,
demonstrate, relate, explain
Solve problems to new situations by applying
acquired knowledge, facts, techniques and
rules in a different way.
Example key words: apply,
build, organize, solve,
develop
Examine and break information into parts by
identifying motives or causes.
Make
inferences and find evidence to support
generalizations.
Example key words:
categorize, examine,
assumption, relationships, dissect
Compile information together in a
different way by combining elements in
a new pattern or proposing alternative
solutions.
Example key words: compile, formulate,
propose, elaborate, theorize
Present and defend opinions by making
judgments about information, validity of
ideas or quality of work based on a set of
criteria.
Example key words: criticize, appraise,
support, estimate, assess
These tests determine whether students pass
to the next grade and these tests are geared
towards higher level thinking.
The questions on these tests have questions
in the realms of application, analysis,
synthesis, and evaluation.
1.Less knowledge questions
2.More
comprehension,
application,
analysis, synthesis, and evaluation
questions
3.Use the higher level thinking questions
across the curriculum
1.Quick Flip Questions for Critical
Thinking
Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy –
Developed by Linda G. Barton, M.S.
Ed.