Bloom's Taxonomy
Based on: Clark, B. (2002). Growing up gifted:
Developing the potential of children at home and at school.
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall.
We are striving
to ask higher-level thinking questions as well as having our students ask
them. Bloom's Taxonomy and Costa's Inquiry are
the places to start this process. The links below are Microsoft Word documents
that
may
be downloaded
for your classes.
Bloom's Taxonomy
Bloom's Taxonomy Simplified
Bloom's Questions
Bloom's Levels of Questioning
Tree
Levels of Questioning
Remembering – Can the student
recall or remember the information?
observation and recall of information
knowledge of dates, events, places
knowledge of major ideas
mastery of subject matter
Question Cues:
define, duplicate, list, memorize, recall, repeat, reproduce, state
Understanding –
Can the student explain ideas or concepts?
understanding information
grasp meaning
translate knowledge into new context
interpret facts, compare, contrast
order, group, infer causes
predict consequences
Question Cues:
explain, identify, locate, recognize, report, select, translate, paraphrase
Applying – Can
the student use the information in a new way?
use information
use methods, concepts, theories in new situations
solve problems using required skills or knowledge
Questions Cues:
choose,
demonstrate, dramatize, employ, illustrate, interpret, operate, schedule,
sketch, solve,
use, write.
Analysing – Can
the student distinguish between the different parts?
seeing patterns
organization of parts
recognition of hidden meanings
identification of components
Question Cues:
appraise, compare, contrast,
criticize, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, examine,
experiment, question, test.
Evaluating – Can the student
justify a stand or decision?
assess value of theories, presentations
make choices based on reasoned argument
verify value of evidence
recognize subjectivity
Question Cues
appraise, argue,
defend, judge, select, support, value, evaluate, compare and discriminate
between ideas
Creating – Can
the student create new product or point of view?
Question Cues
assemble,
construct, create, design, develop, formulate, write.