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Bloom's Taxonomy

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In 1956 Benjamin Bloom headed a group of educational psychologists who developed a classification of levels of intellectual behavior important in the process of learning. The product of their study was a taxonomy of educational objectives, including the cognitive (concerned with the gaining of knowledge), psycho-motor (development of skills) and affective domains (changing attitudes). The taxonomy offers a useful structure for the categorization of exam questions.

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Anderson, L.W., & Krathwohl, D.R. (2001). A taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing: A revision of Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives. Boston, MA: Longman.

Campbell, L., Campbell, B., & Dickinson, D. (2004). Teaching and learning through multiple intelligences. Boston, MA: Pearson.

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An excellent website from UC Berkeley provides practical exercises using Bloom's taxonomy: Student Writing, Creating Assignments with Bloom et al.s Tax of Ed Obj. Also provided is An Exercise in Assignment Design using Bloom... suitable for any discipline.

Bloglines--Integrating ICT in the classroom. Uses Bloom's for matching tools to learning styles.

Major Categories in the Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

Bloom's Taxonomy--chart breaking down skills for each category

From the University of Victoria, a very useful web page on Bloom's.

What is the Affective Domain? -- "The affective domain describes learning objectives that emphasize a feeling tone, an emotion, or a degree of acceptance or rejection."

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