Bloom's Taxonomy

A framework for categorising educational goals and classifying different levels of endeavour, widely used in teacher training.

Originally devised in 1950's, revised in 2001 ^[1] with an emphasis on dynamic cognition and classification, signified by the levels being labeleed with verbs.

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Criticism

Some of the criticisms levelled at the model are:

• not a properr taxonomy, with a systematic rationale
• implies a hierarchy that is not proven
• many cognitive tasks invovle multiple levels, suggesting the differences are artificial

See also

• Bloom's taxonomy - Wikipedia
• Armstrong, P. (2010). Bloom’s Taxonomy. Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching

Footnotes

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1. A taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing : a revision of Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives / editors, Lorin W. Anderson, David Krathwohl ; contributors, Peter W. Airasian ... [et al.] New York, Longman, 2001 ↩︎