Bloom's Taxonomy (HEEAP)

Bloom's Taxonomy: Level #4 Analyzing (aka "Analysis")

* Able to break down components into smaller parts, recognize patterns, make inferences, & find evidence to support generalizations. * Descriptives: analyze, break down, deduce, categorize, correlate, diagram, differentiate, distinguish, examine, infer, recognize, compare, contrast, point out.

Bloom's Taxonomy: Level #2 Understanding

* Able to grasp material & understand facts & ideas through organizing, translation, interpretation, & estimation. * Able to communicate an idea in a different form. * Descriptives: classify, estimate, give examples, relate, rephrase, restate (in own words), outline, translate, submit, reword, summarize, transform, explain, generalize, interpret, convert, associate.

Bloom's Taxonomy: Level #5 Evaluating

* Being able to make judgments or express/defend opinions based on reasoning, assess values of theories & verify value of evidence. * Descriptives: appraise, assess, decide, debate, defend, rank, dispute, judge, justify, prove, recommend.

Bloom's Taxonomy: Level #6 Creating

* Highest level of critical thinking skills. Using your existing knowledge to make, design, or write something entirely new. Ideas are considered, evaluated & either accepted or discarded during the process. Generalizations, predictions & conclusions are made from the facts. * Descriptives: build, combine, compile, construct, create, design, propose, develop.

Bloom's Taxonomy: Level #1 Remembering

* Lowest level of critical thinking skills. All learning must begin at this basic level in order for students to engage in more complex thinking & tasks. * Able to recognize & recall factual info such as names, dates, places, events, terms, definitions, & basic concepts. * Descriptives: list, label, write, duplicate, choose, collect, define, describe, find, identify, memorize, name, pick, read, recall, relate, select, spell, state, what, when, where, who.

Bloom's Taxonomy: Level #3 Applying (aka "Application")

*Able to apply prior knowledge toward solving problems in new situations. *Descriptives: apply, assess, build, calculate, chart, compute, construct, give examples of, illustrate, make use of, model, predict, solve, relate, utilize.

Six Levels Of Bloom's Taxonomy

1. Remembering (lowest level) 2. Understanding 3. Applying 4. Analyzing 5. Evaluating 6. Creating (highest level)

Bloom's Taxonomy

A classification of six levels of intellectual behavior important in learning. They are hierarchical in nature, meaning that students must master the content at each of the lower levels before moving to the next highest level.

~ Which Taxonomy Level? ~ Compare and contrast the two stories.

Analyzing --> Students must analyze each point of view, looking for similarities & differences between the two stories.

~ Which Taxonomy Level? ~ A student needs to find the area of a shape. He begins by finding the parts he already knows & using them to help solve the remaining parts of the problem.

Analyzing --> The student must analyze the shape, determine the measurements for the missing parts, find the complete area, & then subtract the areas of the missing parts.

~ Which Taxonomy Level? ~ A student is asked to find & identify the elements of imagery in a poem used by the author to create the mood.

Analyzing --> The student will need to analyze each sentence, applying their understanding of imagery & mood, in order to analyze parts of the poem.

~ Which Taxonomy Level? ~ After learning their multiplication tables, students are asked to use this knowledge to find the area of a rectangle.

Application

~ Which Taxonomy Level? ~ After students learn what metaphors are, they're are then asked to use their knowledge & understanding of metaphors by identifying them in a poem.

Application

~ Which Taxonomy Level? ~ In a science class, students were asked to demonstrate the appropriate safety rules.

Application

~ Which Taxonomy Level? ~ Improve the processes associated w/ registering for classes next year.

Creating

~ Which Taxonomy Level? ~ Predict the price of gas if a major supply route is shut off.

Creating

~ Which Taxonomy Level? ~ How does Shakespeare introduce the conspiracy?

Evaluating

~ Which Taxonomy Level? ~ Why do you think they were concerned w/ Caesar's increasing power?

Evaluating

H.O.T.S.

Higher-Order Thinking Skills

The Higher Levels Of Critical Thinking

Include: Analyzing, Evaluating, & Creating Refer to a student's ability to engage in higher-order thinking & reasoning skills. (HOTS)

The Lower Levels Of Critical Thinking

Include: Remembering, Understanding, & Applying Refer to a student's ability to recall, translate, interpret & apply factual information.

~ Which Taxonomy Level? ~ Fill in the blank worksheet.

Remembering

~ Which Taxonomy Level? ~ What is the capital of Texas?

Remembering

~ Which Taxonomy Level? ~ Describe the state of mind of one of the characters.

Understanding

~ Which Taxonomy Level? ~ Explain the process of making a PBJ sandwich.

Understanding

~ Which Taxonomy Level? ~ Translate this number sentence into a word sentence.

Understanding