Revised
Bloom's Taxonomy (2001)
by
Lorin W. Andersonson, David R.Krathwohl, Peter W. Airasian,
Kathlean A. Cruikshank and others under the
title 'A Taxonomy for Learning,
Teaching and Assessing'.
Two forms of
dimensions
a. Knowledge
dimension
b. Cognitive process dimension
Knowledge
dimension
Four categories
1. Factual
knowledge
2. Conceptual knowledge
3. Procedural knowlege
4. Metacognitive knowledge
Structure of the knowledge dimension of the revised taxonomy
a. Factual knowledge
The basic
elements that students must know to be acquainted with a
discipline or solve problems in it.
1. Knowledge of
terminology
2. Knowledge of
specific details and elements
b.
Conceptual knowledge
The
interrelationships among the basic elements within a larger structure that enable them to function together
1. Knowledge of classifications and categories
2. Knowledge of principles and generalizations
3. Knowledge of
theories, models and structures
c. Procedural
knowledge
How to do
something; methods of inquiry, and criteria for using sklls,
alogarithams, techniques, and method.
1. Knowledge
of subject- specific skills and
alogarithams
2. Knowledge of subject- specific
techniques and methods
3. Knowledge of criteria for determining when to
use appropriate
procedures
d. Metacognitive knowledge
Knowlege of cognition in
general as well as awareness and
knowledge of one's own
cognition. Three types of
metacognitive knowledge are:
1. Strategic knowledge
Knowledge of
general strategies for learning, thinking & problem solving
2. Knowledge about cognitive tasks, including appropriate
contextual and conditional knowledge
The knowledge
of cognitive task as well as
when and why to use the different strategies
3. Self knowledge
Knowledge about the self (the person
variable) in relation to both cognitive and motivational component of performance. Knowledge of one's strengths and weaknesses.
Six
categories into 19 specific
cognitive processes.
Cognitive process
dimensions are
1. Remember
Retrieving relevant knowledge from long term memory
a. recognizing
b. recalling
2. Understand
Determining the meaning
of instructional message, including oral, written and graphic communication.
a. interpreting
b. exemplifying
c. classifying
d. summarising
e. inferring
f. comparing
g. explaining
3. Apply
Carrying out or using a procedure in a given situation
a. executing
b. implementing
4. Analyse
Breaking material
into its constituent parts and detecting
how the parts related to one another to an overall structure or
purpose.
a.
differentiating
b. organizing
c. attributing
5. Evaluate
Making judgements
based on criteria and standards.
a. Checking
b. Critiquing
6. Create
Putting elements together to form
a novel, coherent whole or make
an original product.
a. generating
b. planning
c. producing