Bloom's Taxonomy

A PRESENTATION CONDUCTED BY: KHALDOON M.NUR SAID UNDER KIND GUIDANCE OF: Mr. MOHAMMAD ASHRAF (Head Teacher) Mr. Mahmoud Hamouda (ELT Supervisor)

Outline

Blooms Taxonomy (1956): History The Three Domains Traditional vs. Revised Taxonomy (1990s) Cognitive Domain : Table of Verbs Video Demonstration: Blooms Taxonomy and Reading Affective Domain Psychomotor Domain Resources Further Reading

History

Bloom's Taxonomy is a classification of learning objectives within education proposed in 1956 by a committee of educators chaired by Benjamin Bloom who also edited the first volume of the standard text, Taxonomy of educational objectives: the classification of educational goals. Although named after Bloom, the publication followed a series of conferences from 1949 to 1953, which were designed to improve communication between educators on the design of curricula and examinations.

(1913 1999)

The Three Domains

Cognitive

Psychomotor

Affective

The Three Domains

Skills in the cognitive domain revolve around knowledge, comprehension, and critical thinking of a particular topic. Traditional education tends to emphasize the skills in this domain, particularly the lowerorder objectives. Skills in the affective domain describe the way people react emotionally and their ability to feel another living thing's pain or joy. Affective objectives typically target the awareness and growth in attitudes, emotion, and feelings. Skills in the psychomotor domain describe the ability to physically manipulate a tool or instrument like a hand or a hammer. Psychomotor objectives usually focus on change and/or development in behavior and/or skills.

Traditional vs. Revised Taxonomy (1990s)

Bloom (1956)
Evaluation Synthesis Analysis

Anderson (1990s)
Creating Evaluating Analyzing

Application
Comprehension Knowledge

Applying
Understanding Remembering

Cognitive Domain

Table of Verbs

Video: Blooms Taxonomy and Reading

Affective Learning

Affective learning is demonstrated by behaviors indicating attitudes of awareness, interest, attention, concern, and responsibility, ability to listen and respond in interactions with others, and ability to demonstrate those attitudinal characteristics or values, which are appropriate to the test intuition and the field of study. This domain relates to emotions, attitudes, appreciations, and values, such as enjoying, conserving, respecting, and supporting. Verbs applicable to the affective domain include accepts, attempts, challenges, defends, disputes, joins, judges, praises, questions, shares, supports, and volunteers.

Psychomotor Learning
Psychomotor

learning is demonstrated by physical skills; coordination, dexterity, manipulation, grace, strength, speed; actions which demonstrate the fine motor skills such as use of precision instruments or tools, or actions which evidence gross motor skills such as the use of the body in dance or athletic performance. applicable to the psychomotor domain include bend, grasp, handle, operate, reach, relax, shorten, stretch, write, differentiate (by touch), express (facially), perform (skillfully).

Verbs

Resources
ELT

Directorate e-Handbook Wikipedia Youtube

Further Reading