Revised Bloom's Taxonomy Lecture

Presenters

• Riya ("Picasso of the whiteboard")
• Holly ("Voice in an ear")

Introduction

• Bloom's Taxonomy: A learning hierarchy that focuses on mastering new information.
• Original Model: Pyramid ranking from highest order (evaluation) to lowest (knowledge).
• Revised Model: Changed nouns to verbs, emphasizing active learning (metacognition).

Metacognition

• Definition: Thinking about one's own thinking processes.
• Purpose: Helps understand personal learning styles and apply them effectively.

Application in Education

• For Teachers: Tool to assess and develop students' levels of thinking.
• Method: Deliver information relative to students' current cognitive level to promote growth.

Levels of Revised Bloom's Taxonomy

1. Remembering

• Objective: Memorize and retain information.
• Activities: Reciting, labeling, recognizing.

2. Understanding

• Objective: Comprehend the information.
• Activities: Explaining, demonstrating, illustrating.

3. Applying

• Objective: Use knowledge to solve problems or make decisions.
• Activities: Applying, producing, preparing.

4. Analyzing

• Objective: Break down information into components.
• Activities: Comparing, identifying, analyzing, differentiating.

5. Evaluating

• Objective: Assess the validity or truth of information.
• Activities: Testing, justifying, criticizing, defending, judging.

6. Creating

• Objective: Generate new ideas or products using learned information.
• Activities: Designing, developing, inventing, producing.

Conclusion

• Revised Bloom's Taxonomy as a "thinking ladder" to master learning.
• Personal Application: Presenters used the taxonomy to learn and present the material.
• Key Insight: Success is not about speed of learning, but depth of understanding.