7.Do we teach the revised Taxonomy?

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Hello everyone,

We all know that  despite the introduction of  Outcome Based Learning and Constructivist principles we continue to refer to the Bloom’s Taxonomy. The 1956  version  of the Bloom’s Taxonomy was revised in 2001 as follows:

1956	2001
Evaluation	Create
Synthesis	Evaluate
Analysis	Analyze
Application	Apply
Comprehension	Understand
Knowledge	Remember

But, do we  train our  students to  frame questions  using the revised Taxonomy? Recently when I visited the schools for observation of classes as part of  Practice Teaching,  I realized that  it is quite important to  provide  practice in framing questions based on the Revised Taxonomy. Incidentally, our students are expected to conduct two Achievement Tests.

The following table will be helpful:

Objectives	Tasks	Action verbs
Create	Can the student create a new product or point of view?	assemble, construct, create, design, develop, formulate, write
Evaluate	Can the student justify a stand or decision?	appraise, argue, defend, judge, select, support, value, evaluate
Analyze	Can the student distinguish between different parts?	appraise, compare, contrast, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, examine, experiment, question, test
Apply	Can the student use information in a new way?	choose, demonstrate, dramatize, employ, illustrate, interpret, operate, schedule, sketch, solve, use, write
Understand	Can the student explain ideas or concepts?	classify, describe, discuss, explain, locate, recognize, report, select, translate, paraphrase
Remember	Can the student recall or remember the information?	define, duplicate, list, memorize, recall, repeat, state

Posted by Dr.C.Praveen for FET@KU

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