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Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
Taxonomy = Classification
Classification of thinking
Evaluation Creating
Synthesis Evaluating
Analysis Analyzing
Application Applying
Comprehension Understanding
Knowledge Remembering
Noun Verb
Original Revised
Evaluation Creating
Synthesis Evaluating
Analysis Analyzing
Application Applying
Comprehension Understanding
Knowledge Remembering
Noun Verb
Creating
Evaluating
Analyzing
Applying
Understanding
Remembering
Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
Domain Domain Domain
Analyzing Characterizing by Articulating
value or value Imitating
Applying
concept
Creating Manipulating
Organizing &
Evaluating conceptualizing Performing
Remembering Receiving Precisioning
Understanding Responding
Valuing
Change in Terms
Categories noun to verb
– Taxonomy reflects different forms of thinking
(thinking is an active process) verbs describe actions, nouns
do not
Reorganized categories
– Knowledge = product/outcome of thinking (inappropriate to
describe a category of thinking) now remembering
– Comprehension now understanding
– Synthesis now creating to better reflect nature of thinking
described by each category
Changes in Structure
Products of thinking part of taxonomy
Forms of knowledge = factual, conceptual,
procedural, metacognitive (thinking about
thinking)
Synthesis (creating) and evaluation (evaluating)
interchanged
– Creative thinking more complex form of thinking than
critical thinking (evaluating)
Changes in Emphasis
USE: More authentic tool for curriculum planning,
instructional delivery and assessment
Aimed at broader audience
Easily applied to all levels of education
Revision emphasizes explanation and description
of subcategories
Remembering
The learner is able to recall, restate and remember
learned information
– Describing – Retrieving
– Finding – Naming
– Identifying – Locating
– Listing – Recognizing
– Implementing – Using
– Carrying out c = – Executing
– Attributing – Integrating
– Comparing – Organizing
– Deconstructing – Outlining
– Finding – Structuring
– Checking – Hypothesising
– Critiquing – Judging
– Detecting – Monitoring
– Experimenting – Testing
– Constructing – Making
– Designing – Planning
– Devising – Producing
– Inventing
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