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Thought Provoking Questioning … Bloom’s Hierarchy Benjamin Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning The Taxonomy of Dr. Benjamin Bloom (1956) is the framework used to develop questions that progress from concrete to abstract level of thinking. Knowledge involves the identification and recall of information while comprehension requires the organization and selection of facts and ideas. High order thinking processes include application, the use of facts, rules, principles, analysis, the separation of a whole into component parts, evaluation, the development of opinions, judgments or decisions, and synthesis, the combination of ideas to create something new. Knowledge - Identification and recall of information Who, what, when, where, how, describe, list Comprehension - Organization and selection of facts and ideas Retell (in your own words) What is the main idea of _____ Application - Use of facts, rules, principles How is _____ an example of _____ How is _____ related to _____ Analysis - Separation of a whole into component parts What are the parts of features of _____ Classify _____ according to _____ Outline/diagram/web How does _____compare/contrast with _____ What evidence can you present for _____ Evaluation - Development of opinions, judgments or decisions Do you agree or disagree and why What do you think about _____ What is the most important____ and whyPrioritize _____ according to _____How would you decide about _____ What criteria would you use to assess _____ Synthesis - Combination of ideas to form a new whole What would you predict/infer from _____ How would you create/design a new _____ What might happen if you combined _____ with _____ What solutions would you suggest for _____ What if _____ What could I substitute for _____ How could I adapt? How could I modify? How could I put to other uses? What if I eliminated a part? What if I reversed or rearranged?
Bloom’s Taxonomy of Cognitive Objectives, Process Verbs
Assessable verbs from Taxonomy of Learning and Benjamin Bloom
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