Bloom Taxonomy and Its Uses in English

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Bloom Taxonomy and its

uses in English
By Sumaira Khan Niazi
(2100117)
• Represents the lowest level of learning
outcomes in the cognitive domain.
• Recalling memorized information.
• Learning objectives at this level:
know common terms, know specific facts,
know methods and procedures, know basic
concepts, know principles.
• Question verbs: Define, list, label, name,
who? when? where? what?

Remembering
Goes one step beyond the simple remembering of material.
The ability to grasp the meaning of material.
Translating material from one form to another. Interpreting
material (explaining or summarizing).

Learning objectives at this level: understand facts and


principles, interpret charts and graphs, justify methods and
procedures.

Understanding

Question verbs: Explain, interpret, infer, summarize, convert,


translate, give example, paraphrase x?
Application

The ability to use learned material in new and concrete situations.


Applying rules, methods, concepts, principles, laws, and theories.

Learning objectives at this level: apply concepts and principles to new


situations, apply laws and theories to practical situations, solve mathematical
problems, construct graphs and charts, demonstrate the correct usage of a
method or procedure.

Applying

Question verbs: How could x be used to y? How would you show, make use
of, modify, demonstrate, solve, or apply x to conditions y?
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that
its organizational structure may be understood.

Analyzing

The ability to break down material into its component parts.


Identifying parts, analysis of relationships between parts.

Key Words: analyzes, breaks down, compares,


contrasts, differentiates, discriminates, distinguishes,
separates.
Evaluating

Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials

Examples: Select the most effective solution.


Hire the most qualified candidate.
Explain and justify a new budget

Question verbs: Justify, appraise, evaluate,


judge x according to given criteria. Which option would
be better/preferable to party y?
Creating
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements.
Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on
creating a new meaning or structure

Examples:
Design a machine to perform a specific task.
Revises and process to improve the outcome

Question Verbs:
composes, creates, devises, designs, modifies,
organizes, plans, rearranges, reconstructs,
reorganizes, revises, rewrites, writes

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