COGNITIVE PROCESS

DIMENSION

Priming Activity
Study each picture.
Respond to it by saying
Agree or Disagree, and
tell why.

TEST IS

A measuring tool to capture ones cognitive

traits through pen and paper

A tool in which measuring unit depends on

its length and the level of difficulty of items
as indicated by their assigned points.

Able to allow students to answer at the

same time using the same format

Easy ranking of students

Easy conversion to decision making

WHY TEST?
What cognitive learning
objectives should be targeted by
the test?

The Blooms taxonomy could

serve as the framework of the
test.

The levels of
assessment will be best
understood via Blooms
Taxonomy

Group Activity
Form four groups.
Each group will be given
metacards where they will write
the different levels of the Blooms
taxonomy:
1. original (groups 1 & 3)
2. revised (groups 2 & 4)
Arrange them in order & post on
the board.
The first group to finish it
correctly, wins.

LETS

Evaluati
on
Synthesis
Analysis
Application
Comprehension
Knowledge
The Original Blooms Taxonomy

Revised Blooms Taxonomy

The
revised
taxonomy
is
two-dimensional,
identifying both the kind of knowledge to be learned
(knowledge dimension) and the kind of learning
expected from students (cognitive processes) to help
teachers and administrators improve alignment and
rigor in the classroom.
This taxonomy will assist educators to improve
instruction, to ensure that their lessons and
assessments are aligned with one another and with
the state academic standards, that their lessons are
cognitively rich, and that instructional opportunities
are not missed.

IN COMBINATION THE SIX

REVISED CATEGORIES ARE
TERMED COGNITIVE PROCESS
CATEGORIES AND THEY EXIST
ALONG THE COGNITIVE
PROCESS DIMENSION.

QUESTION: WHAT HAPPENED

TO KNOWLEDGE?
ANSWER: It became a
separate dimension
The Knowledge
Dimension

Cognitive Process Dimension

Knowledge Dimension

Cognitive Process Dimension

Knowledge Dimension

REMEMBER
retrieve relevant
knowledge from long term
memory
Recognizing
Recalling

Can you recall the name of a

particular object?

UNDERSTAND
Construct meaning from instructional messages,
including oral, written and graphic
communication.
Interpreting
Exemplifying
Classifying
Summarizing
Inferring
Comparing
Explaining
Can you represent verbal information
visually (interpreting)?

APPLY
Carry out or use a
procedure in a given
situation.
Executing
Implementing

Can you use information

in another situation?

ANALYZE
Break material into its constituent parts and
determine how the parts relate to one
another and to an overall structure or
purpose.
Differentiating
Organizing
Attributing
Can you break information into
parts to explore relationships?

EVALUATE
make judgments based
on criteria and standards
Checking
Critiquing

Can you make & justify a

decision or course of action?

CREATE
Put elements together to form a coherent or
functional whole; reorganize elements into a
new pattern or structure
Generating
Planning
Producing
Can you generate new
products, ideas, or ways
of viewing things?

Cognitive Process Dimension

Knowledge Dimension

FACTUAL
KNOWLEDGE
The
basic
elements
students
must
know
to
be
acquainted with
a discipline or
solve
problems
in it.
Knowledge of
terminology

CONCEPTUAL
KNOWLEDGE
The interrelationships
among the basic elements
within a larger structure
that enable them to
function together.
Knowledge of classifications and
categories
Knowledge of principles and
generalizations
Knowledge of theories, models and
structures

PROCEDURAL
KNOWLEDGE
How to do
something, methods
of inquiry and criteria
for using skills,
algorithms,
techniques and
methods.
Knowledge of subject-specific
skills and algorithms
Knowledge of subject-specific
techniques and methods
Knowledge of criteria for
determining when to use

METACOGNITIVE
KNOWLEDGE

Knowledge of cognition in
general as well as awareness
and knowledge or ones own
cognition.
Strategic knowledge
Knowledge about cognitive tasks,
including appropriate contextual and
How did
conditional knowledge
I get that
answer?
Self-knowledge

CONSTRUCTION OF
TESTS

PLANNING YOUR TEST

Step 1. Know and identify your

objectives/learning outcomes.
Step 2. List the major topics that you
are to cover in the particular test you
are going to construct.
Step 3. Plan out the type of tests you
want and map out the number of
items you want for each of the topic
you are to cover in the time allotted.
Step 4. Summarize into a Table of
Specifications or grid.

STEPS IN PREPARING A TABLE

OF SPECIFICATIONS (TOS)
1. Decide on your standards/objectives/learning outcomes.
2. Look at the major topics that contain the MOST
ESSENTIAL points (i.e. knowledge, concepts, skills,
attitudes) of the subject.
3. Consider the length of time spent in teaching for each
major topic.
4. Then decide on the following: a) length of the test b)
type of the test c) percentage distribution of items d)
number of items

APPLICATION

Lets start making

our own TOS and
Test Questions! =)

THANK YOU!

The Colors of Teachers

Teachers come in many colors.

The color you like most reveals a bit of your

personality and the type of TEACHER you are.

Are you a . . .
Green color teacher?
Blue color teacher?

Red color teacher?

Yellow color teacher?

Orange color teacher
Purple color teacher?

Gray color teacher?

Brown color teacher?

White color teacher?

CHOOSE!

Green color Teacher"

One who sees the positive

and puts hope in everything

"Blue color Teacher" :

Color of the sea and the sky...
Friend who brings Peace and serenity

Yellow color Teacher:

Color of the Sun...

Friend who makes us laugh,
and shows us a star when we are sad.

Red color Teacher :

One who reminds us of the rules in life,

but encourages us to change,
with warm loving words

Ha! the Orange color Teacher

Enhances our spirit with new energy ,
with loving vitamins to help us grow.

The Gray color Teacher ?

One who teaches us silence:

to reflect and interiorize
helping to know ourselves and others
better.

The Purple color Teacher

Color of the noble ones,
will help us learn true authority
and wisdom of heart.

The Brown color Teacher

Might help us to step down of false
illusions,
and come down to Earth,
to the reality of daily simple true living.

And our White color Teacher

One who will help us discover

the wisdom hidden to be learnt
within any of our experiences.

As one gathers
all the Colors in

his/her CHEST,
s/he will form

a RAINBOW

of Love !
It is this LOVE that will surely give life to our purpose
and existence as together we move on to our journey of
personal fulfillment and professional development.

AND REMEMBER

YOU CAN MAKE

THE
DIFFERENCE !!!

GOOD DAY!

THANK
YOU!