The Lake Reflections #3 - Bloom's Taxonomy

Today I learnt the definition of Bloom’s Taxonomy: a classification system used to define and distinguish different levels of human cognition (thinking, learning & understanding); Hierarchical representation of levels of thinking.

There are 6 levels in Bloom’s Taxonomy:

1)   Remembering (KNOWLEDGE)

2)   Understanding (COMPREHENSION)

3)   Applying (APPLICATION)

4)   Analyzing (ANALYSIS)

5)   Evaluating (EVALUATION)

6)   Creating (SYNTHESIS)

Ø  There are 3 main domains:

1)   Cognitive domain (Knowledge)

            2)   Psychomotor domain (Skills/manipulation).

            3)   Affective domain (Affective)

We created, edited, and formatted documents in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power point. We worked with tables and charts, used borders; saved and retrieved documents in various formats, e.g. pdf.

EXAMPLE:   KWL Chart (this table was created in Microsoft Word):

K	What do you KNOW Ø  A classification system used to define distinguish      different levels of human cognition (thinking, learning & understanding); Ø  Hierarchical representation of levels of thinking.
W	What you WANT to know Ø  How do you apply it and what are the implications?
L	What I have LEARNT Ø  There are 6 levels in Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering (KNOWLEDGE) Understanding (COMPREHENSION)        Applying (APPLICATION)        Analyzing (ANALYSIS)        Evaluating (EVALUATION)        Creating (SYNTHESIS) Ø  There are 3 main domains:        1)   Cognitive domain (Knowledge)        2)   Psychomotor domain (Skills/manipulation).                                              3)  Affective Domain (Affective)

Please click on the link below to view the powerpoint presentation:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwhab3_UlwHMNHhvb2dlOEQ1bm8/view?usp=sharing

My main challenge was creating the table in Excel, however, in addition to receiving guidance from Mrs. Roberts and a visual of the step-by-step instruction projected on the screen, there was ‘peer-to-peer’ learning and I was taken through the process by one of my colleagues, since the other trainee with whom I was paired was also a novice.

In essence, we used word processing software to prepare teaching tools for the classroom.  I use Microsoft Word and Power point often, but creating tables and charts in excel and saving them as pdf files were all new to me.  I learnt something new!

~ Myra Lake-Hughes