Bloom's Taxonomy
McKenna Meyer
Knowledge
Student recalls or recognizes information, ideas and principles
Knowledge
Terms used in knowledge
Terms used for knowledge
- Sequence
- Tell
- Write
- Count
- Recall
- Recite
- Match
- Define
- Describe
- Draw
- Identify
- Name
- Label
- List
Activities Possible
Activities
- Make a list of the main events
- Make a timeline of events
- Make a facts chart
- Write a list of any pieces of information you can remember
- Recite a poem.
Comprehension
Student translates, comprehends or interprets information based on prior learning.
Comprehension
Terms used in comprehension
Terms used in comprehension
- Conclude
- Demonstrate
- Discuss
- Explain
- Generalize
- Identify
- Illustrate
- Interpret
- Paraphrase
- Predict
- Report
Activities
Activities
- Draw pictures to show a particular event
- Illustrate what you think the main idea was
- Make a cartoon strip showing the sequence of events
- Write and perform a play based on the story
- Retell the story in your words.
- Make a coloring book
Application
Student selects, transfers, and uses data and principles to complete problems and tasks
Application
Terms used in application
- Apply
- Change
- Choose
- Compute
- Dramatize
- Interview
- Prepare
- Produce
- Role-play
- Select
Activities Possible
Activities
- Make a diorama to illustrate an important event
- Make a scrapbook about the areas of study
- Take photographs to demonstrate a particular point
- Make up a puzzle game suing the ideas from the study area
- Make a clay model of an item in the material
Analysis
Aware of the thought process in use and can examine, classify, hypothesize, collect data, and draw conclusions from the question.
Analysis
Terms used
Terms used in analysis
- Analyze
- Characterize
- Classify
- Compare
- Contrast
- Debate
- Deduce
- Diagram
- Differentiate
- Discriminate
- Distinguish
Activities Possible
Activities
- Design a questionnaire to gather information
- Write a commercial to sell a new product
- Conduct an investigation to produce information to support a view
- Make a flow chart to show the critical stages
- Construct a graph to illustrate selected information
- Make a puzzle
- Make a family tree showing relationships
Synthesis
Student is capable of integrating and combining ideas into a product or planning of a product that is new to him
Synthesis
Terms used
Terms used in synthesis
- Compose
- Construct
- Create
- Design
- Develop
- Integrate
- Invent
- Make
- Organize
- Perform
- Plan
- Produce
- Propose
- Rewrite
Activities Possible
Activities
- Invent a machine to do a specific task, like turning lights on and off
- Design a building to house your study
- Write about your feelings relating school
- Write a song
- Design a magazine cover
Evaluation
Student appraises or assesses on a basis of specific standards
Evaluation
Terms used
Terms used in evaluation
- Appraise
- Argue
- Assess
- Choose
- Conclude
- Critic
- Decide
- Evaluate
- Judge
- Justify
- Predict
Activities Possible
Activities
- Conduct a debate about an issue of special interest like school lunches, how long school days should be, etc.
- Make a booklet about 5 rules you see as important
- Write a letter
- Write a half yearly report