Revised Bloom's Taxonomy
  • In 1956, Benjamin Bloom and other educational psychologists developed a statified taxonomy of levels of intellectual behavior important in learning. During the 1990's a former student of Bloom, Lorin Anderson, a new group updated the classifications. For further information, see Bloom's Taxonomy: Original and Revised by Mary Forehand

  • Competencies/Cognitive Skills: ------ Lists = Skills that demonstrate each competency
    1. Remembering
    1. observation and recall of information
    2. knowledge of dates, events, places
    3. knowledge of major ideas
    4. mastery of subject matter
  • Question Cues: list, define, tell, describe, identify, show, label, examine, tabulate, quote, name, who, when, where, etc.
    2. Understanding
    1. grasp meaning
    2. translate knowledge into new context
    3. interpret facts, compare, contrast
    4. order, group, infer causes
    5. predict consequences
  • Question Cues: Summarize, describe, interpret, contrast, predict, associate, distinguish, estimate, differentiate, discuss, extend
    3. Applying
    1. use information
    2. use methods, concepts, theories in new situations
    3. solve problems using required skills or knowledge
  • Questions Cues: apply, demonstrate, calculate, complete, illustrate, show, solve, modify, relate, change, classify, experiment, discover
    4. Analyzing
    1. seeing patterns
    2. organization of parts
    3. recognition of hidden meanings
    4. identification of components
  • Question Cues: analyze, separate, order, explain, connect, classify, arrange, divide, compare, select, explain, infer
    5. Evaluating
    1. compare and discriminate between ideas
    2. assess value of theories, presentations
    3. make choices based on reasoned argument
    4. verify value of evidence
    5. recognize subjectivity
  • Question Cues: assess, decide, rank, grade, test, measure, recommend, convince, select, judge, explain, discriminate, support, conclude, compare, summarize
    6. Creating, Synthesizing
    1. use old ideas to create new ones
    2. generalize from given facts
    3. relate knowledge from several areas
    4. predict, draw conclusions
  • Question Cues: combine, integrate, modify, rearrange, substitute, plan, create, design, invent, what it?, compose, formulate, prepare, generalize, rewrite