Presentation on:

Taxonomy of Educational
Objectives

AHMAD ULLAH KHAN

M.Phil (Education)
Semester: 2nd
ID: 10983
Presented to: Dr. Sajjad
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Taxonomy of Educational
Objectives
APA & AERA Committee- 1956
Dr. Benjamin Bloom
(Bloom Taxonomy)
Sub-Levels of Cognitive objectives
1. Evaluation
2. Synthesis
3. Analysis
4. Application
5. Comprehension
6. Knowledge
He who learns but does
not think is lost
(Chinese Proverb)
 Bloom’s
Creating
Taxonomy
of Learning
Evaluating

Increasing difficulty
(New Version)

Analyzing

Applying

Understanding

Remembering
 Original Terms New Terms

 Evaluation •Creating
 Synthesis •Evaluating
 Analysis •Analysing
 Application
•Applying
 Comprehension
•Understanding
 Knowledge
•Remembering
(Based on Pohl, 2000, Learning to Think,Thinking to Learn, p. 8)
Remembering
The learner is able to recall, restate and
remember learned information.
◦ Recognising
◦ Listing
◦ Describing
◦ Naming
◦ Locating
◦ Finding

Can you recall information?

Understanding
The learner grasps the meaning of information by
interpreting and translating what has been learned.
◦ Interpreting
◦ Exemplifying
◦ Summarising
◦ Inferring
◦ Paraphrasing
◦ Explaining

Can you explain ideas or concepts?

Applying
The learner makes use of information in a context
different from the one in which it was learned.

◦ Implementing
◦ Carrying out
◦ Using
◦ Executing
Can you use the information in
another familiar situation?
Analysing
The learner breaks learned information into its parts
to best understand that information.
◦ Classifying
◦ Comparing
◦ Deconstructing
◦ Outlining
◦ Finding
◦ Structuring
◦ Integrating

Can you break information into

parts to explore understandings
and relationships?
 Evaluating
The learner makes decisions based on in-
depth reflection, criticism and assessment.
◦ Checking
◦ Experimenting
◦ Judging
◦ Testing
◦ Detecting
◦ Monitoring

Can you justify a decision or

course of action?
Creating
The learner creates new ideas and
information using what has been
previously learned.
◦ Designing
◦ Constructing
◦ Planning
◦ Producing
◦ Inventing
◦ Devising
◦ Making
Can you generate new
products, ideas, or ways of viewing things?
References
 Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Development. (n.d.). Retrieved
January 03, 2018, from
http://cehdclass.gmu.edu/ndabbagh/Resources/IDKB/bloomstax.htm
 Bloom’s Taxonomy Revised. (n.d.). Retrieved January 03, 2018, from
http://thepeakperformancecenter.com/educational-
learning/thinking/blooms-taxonomy/blooms-taxonomy-revised/
 Clark, D. (n.d.). Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains. Retrieved
January 03, 2018, from
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html
 Cognitive Domain. (n.d.). Retrieved January 03, 2018, from
http://thepeakperformancecenter.com/educational-
learning/learning/process/domains-of-learning/cognitive-domain/
 Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy. (n.d.). Retrieved January 03, 2018, from
http://www.celt.iastate.edu/teaching/effective-teaching-
practices/revised-blooms-taxonomy
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