The Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy

of Educational Objectives

Presented by: Gepiga, Jarie P.

BSED 1 SOCIAL STUDIES
Benjamin Bloom (1913- 1999)
• Benjamin Samuel Bloom was an American
educational psychologist who made
contributions to the classification of
educational objectives and to the theory
of mastery learning
• He was the associate Director of the
board for Examination in the University of
Chicago.
• They needed a new of classifying question
shared by faculty members to form a test
bank
The Original Bloom’s Taxonomy

• Six Levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy

The Revised Taxonomy

• Two dimensions of the Revised Taxonomy

Practical Guide to the Revised

Taxonomy

Apps and the Revised Taxonomy

(Synapse Strengthener)
Old Taxonomy

• In 1956, the taxonomy of educational objectives: the

classification of educational goals handbook: Cognitive
Domain was published.
• The purpose was simply to have framework to classify
test questions that faculty member shared.
• And eventually become relevant and useful to education.
Revised Taxonomy
Revised Taxonomy
After 45 years since the publication a Bloom’s Taxonomy,
Lorin Aderson Blooms former student and David Krathwohl Lead a
new group of experts to work together.

1. Levels or categories of thinking in the old taxonomy were

nouns, while in the revised taxonomy they are verbs. The use
of action words instead of nouns was done to highlight that
thinking is an active process.
For example evaluate instead of evaluation, or Analyze
instead of analysis.
2. While the revised taxonomy remains to be in hierarchical
Levels of increasing complexity, it is instead to be more flexible, in
that it allows the categories to overlap.
For example, some action words in understand level, like explain
may appear more complex than the action words show in the
apply level.
3. The knowledge level was change to remember. The change
was made because knowledge does not refer to a cognitive or
thinking level. Knowledge is the object of the thinking. Remember is
a more appropriate word for the first thinking levels which involves
recalling and retrieving knowledge.
4. The comprehension was change to understand.
Teachers are likely to use the word understand when
referring to their work rather than comprehension.
5. Synthesis was change to create and was place as the
highest level.
6. The cognitive domain now two dimension; the
cognitive dimension and the knowledge dimension. The
knowledge dimension of the revised taxonomy was
based on the subcategories of knowledge in the in the old
taxonomy
The Revised Taxonomy with two Dimensions of
the Cognitive Domain (Krathwohl, 2002)
The Cognitive Dimension
The Knowledge Dimension
Practical Guide in using the Revised Taxonomy
When you are ready to plan your units , lessons or activities,
Bloom’s taxonomy will be very helpful in helping you formulate your
learning objectives.
Cognitive Dimension Level Sample Action Words Suggested Activities, outputs or
outcomes

Remember Recall Describe Recitations, worksheets,

(recalling information) Name locate definitions, fact chart, list
List Write
State Find
Till Underline
Reproduce Define
Understand Explain Describe Story problems, drawing show
(explaining information and Translate define and tell, summary, paraphrasing
concept) Interpret report
Discuss predict
Cognitive Dimension Level Sample Action Words Suggested Activities, outputs or
outcomes

Apply Use practice Presentation, role-playing,

(using information in a new way) Solve Execute simulation, collection, model,
Implement Demonstrate scrapbook, product
Construct Dramatize
Analyze Compare Contrast Chart ,plan, questionnaire,
(distinguishing different parts of Distinguish Separate spreadsheet, summary, survey
a whole) Investigate differentiate
Infer Sequence
Evaluate Assess appraise Opinion, judgment,
(defending a concept or idea) Debate check recommendation, self-evaluation,
Defend decide position paper, crtique
Dispute justify
Judge rate
Create Change invent Framework, model, story,
(creating something new) Design devise multimedia presentation, poem,
Formulate generate haiku, song, essay
Improve compose
Plan combine
propose
Uses of the Revised Taxonomy
The revised taxonomy provides a framework that helps
educators in the following ways:
1. It provides educators with a common set of terms and levels
about learning outcomes that helps in planning across
subject matter and grade levels.
2. It helps in the drafting of learning standards across levels.
3. It serves as a guide in evaluating the school’s curriculum
objectives, activities and assessment.
4. It guides the teachers in formulating learning outcomes that
tap higher-order thinking skills.
Thank You