Blooms

Most of us have elements of more than one learning style. Think about your strongest style and your weakest style to identify how you learn. Work on the cognitive domain was completed in 1956 and is commonly referred to as Bloom’s Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain.

Competence Skills demonstrated Question cues
1.
Knowledge
Observation and recall of information

Knowledge of dates, events, places

Knowledge of major ideas

Mastery of subject matter

list, define, tell, describe, identify, show, label, collect, examine, tabulate, quote, name, who, when, where, etc.
2.
Comprehension
Understanding information

Grasp meaning

Translate knowledge into new context

Interpret facts, compare, contrast

Order, group, infer causes

Predict consequences

summarise, describe, interpret, contrast, predict, associate, distinguish, estimate, differentiate, discuss, extend
3.
Application
Use information

Use methods, concepts, theories in new situations

Solve problems using required skills or knowledge

apply, demonstrate, calculate, complete, illustrate, show, solve, examine, modify, relate, change, classify, experiment, discover
4.
Analysis
Seeing patterns

Organisation of parts

Recognition of hidden meanings

analyse, separate, order, explain, connect, classify, arrange, divide, compare, select, explain, infer
5.
Synthesis
Use old ideas to create new ones

Generalise from given facts

Relate knowledge from several areas

Predict, draw conclusions

combine, integrate, modify, rearrange, substitute, plan, create, design, invent, what if?, compose, formulate, prepare, generalise, rewrite
6.
Evaluation
Compare and discriminate between ideas

Assess value of theories, presentations

Make choices based on reasoned argument

Verify value of evidence

Recognise subjectivity

assess, decide, rank, grade, test, measure, recommend, convince, select, judge, explain, discriminate, support, conclude, compare, summarise

 

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