How does Bloom’s Taxonomy help teachers evaluate students today?

In 1956, Benjamin Bloom headed a group of educational psychologists who examined the way we evaluated student learning. He and his committee found that over 95% of the test questions required students to think at the lowest level, simple recall of information. Students were not expected to think, analyze, evaluate, etc. Together they developed a classification of levels of intellectual behavior important in learning.

Answer the following questions:
1. What is Bloom’s Taxonomy?

2. Why was it developed?

3. How does Bloom’s Taxonomy help teachers evaluate students today?

4. List the six levels and provide one verb for each.

Identify the category of thinking skill for each of the following:
5. Label all the parts of the Digestive System.

6. Argue the importance of adequate fluid intake.

7. Classify vegetables according to their nutrients.

8. Demonstrate proper handwashing technique.

9. Assemble the furniture according to the directions.

10. Analyze the contents of a Big Mac.