Presented By Muhammad Asif Nadeem

(M.Phil) LecturerDepartment of Education

The Islamia University of Bahawalpur

Bloom’s Taxonomy Illustrated

Introduction

"Taxonomy” simply means “classification” In 1956 Benjamin Bloom along with

Educationists developed this Taxonomy This Team divided taxonomy into three

domains. Goal of Bloom's Taxonomy is to motivate

educators to focus on three domains, creating a more holistic form of education.

These three domains are given as below.

Types of Domains

Knowledge

•Cognitive

Attitude

•Affective

Skill

•Psychomotor

Taxonomical levels

It contains 6 levels, Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis,

Synthesis, Evaluation.

It contains 5 levels, Receiving, Responding, Valuing, Organizing,

Characterizing.

It consists of 7 levels, Perception, Set, Guided Response, Mechanism, Complex

Response, Adaptation, Organization.

Figurative Appearance of levels with verbs

Cognitive Affective Psychomotor

knowledge attitude skills

1. Recall data

1. Receive (awareness)

1. Imitation (copy)

2. Understand

2. Respond (react)

2. Manipulation (follow instructions)

3. Apply (use)

3. Value (understand and act)

3. Develop Precision

Continued……

4. Analyze (structure/elements)

4. Organize personal value system

4. Articulation (combine, integrate related skills)

5. Synthesize (create/build)

5. Internalize value system (adopt behavior) 

5. Naturalization (automate, become expert)

6. Evaluate (assess, judge in relational terms)

   

Importance of Bloom’s Taxonomy

Bloom’s Taxonomy is important as it focus on Achievement of learners LOTS (Low Order Thinking Skills) HOTS (High Order Thinking Skills) Playing role in the process of learning and

instruction. Distinguishing among different levels and

outcomes of learning 

How to use Bloom’s TaxonomyIt may be used to:

Assess student’s understanding of content area learning objectives. Guide instruction for students to prosper intellectually as a result. Gauge student progress Increase critical thinking and learning in students.  Explain information in their own words. Memorize new information and replicate or understand it to

practice remembering Describe, organize and utilize the information to demonstrate

understanding Create something new with the information

Activities for Pupil Teachers

What are the benefits of using Bloom’s Taxonomy Using Bloom’s Taxonomy in Lesson Planning Developing learning behavior applying Bloom’s

Taxonomy Designing Assessment through Bloom’s Taxonomy. Using Bloom’s Taxonomy in the classroom Apply Bloom’s Taxonomy on learners Creating learning Activities through Bloom’s

Taxonomy Develop a Workshop through using Bloom’s

Taxonomy Incorporate Bloom’s Taxonomy in Lesson Plan