Bloom's Taxonomy
Bloom's Taxonomy
Bloom's Taxonomy (pronounced: /bluːmz tæksɒnəmi/) is a set of three hierarchical models used to classify educational learning objectives into levels of complexity and specificity. The models were named after Benjamin Bloom, who chaired the committee of educators that devised the taxonomy. He also edited the first volume of the standard text, Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals.
Etymology
The term "Bloom's Taxonomy" is named after Benjamin Bloom, an American educational psychologist who developed this concept. The word "taxonomy" (pronounced: /tæksɒnəmi/) comes from the Greek words "taxis" meaning arrangement, and "nomos" meaning law. Thus, it refers to a classification system.
Levels of Learning
Bloom's Taxonomy consists of three domains: the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor. Each domain has different levels of learning, which are as follows:
Cognitive Domain
The cognitive domain involves knowledge and the development of intellectual skills. This includes the recall or recognition of specific facts and concepts that serve in the development of intellectual abilities and skills. There are six major categories, listed in order from simplest to most complex: Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation.
Affective Domain
The affective domain is concerned with the attitudes and feelings that result from the learning process. It is designed to address emotional areas of learning and ranges from the simplest behavior, receiving, to the most complex, characterization.
Psychomotor Domain
The psychomotor domain focuses on motor skills and actions. This domain includes physical movement, coordination, and the use of the motor-skill areas.
Related Terms
- Educational Psychology: The study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organizations.
- Learning Objectives: Statements that define the expected goal of a curriculum, course, lesson or activity in terms of demonstrable skills or knowledge that will be acquired by a student as a result of instruction.
- Cognitive Skills: The core skills your brain uses to think, read, learn, remember, reason, and pay attention.
- Affective Skills: Concerned with attitudes, feelings and emotions that are connected to learning.
- Psychomotor Skills: The ability to physically manipulate and control objects in the environment.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Bloom's Taxonomy
- Wikipedia's article - Bloom's Taxonomy
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