Bloom's Digital Taxonomy

Examination Assessment Tool

Purpose:
This tool is designed to analyse the composition and structure of examinations and tests for the balance of Higher Order and
Lower Order thinking skills.

Process:
1. In the first column enter the question number
2. Match the action verbs in the questions to the corresponding columns in the table
3. Enter the marks assigned to each question in the cells that match question number and the verb.
4. Repeat this process for the examination.
5. Total the marks in each taxonomic level and calculate the percentage of the assessment task at each taxonomic level.

Assessment Task: Date: Grade:

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By Andrew Churches
Educational Origami
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 Directing/producing
Planning
Creating

Devising
Making
Inventing
Constructing
Designing
validating
Reflecting
Reviewing
Evaluating

Critiquing
Experimenting
testing
Hypothesising
Checking & Judging
Mind-mapping
Analyse
Analysing

Structuring
Organising
Attributing
Comparing
Differentiate
Applying

using
carrying out
Implementing
Exemplifying
Explaining
Drawing
Understanding

Factorise
Discuss
Calculate & Solve
Paraphrasing & Summarising
Classifying
Interpret
Infer
define
Remembering

state
Name
Describe
Listing
Identify

number below.
Examination

% of paper
Enter the
question
Question

Total