Assessment Post 4 - Bloom's Taxonomy

Bloom's Taxonomy

Blooms taxonomy shows the levels of thinking from basic to higher order thinking. The skills involved in remembering and understanding are quite limited compared to creating or evaluating. In the past, schools have concentrated mainly on the lower order skills such as understanding and applying, yet rarely reaching evaluating or creating. In light of Bloom's research, many teachers are realising that these higher order skills are needed to create true deep learning in students. The idea of creating is new to Bloom's taxonomy as it used to stop at evaluating. However, through further research and study, it became obvious that creating needed more skill and higher thinking that it became vital as a part of a well rounded, deep learning education. It should be remembered however that remembering and understanding are both vitally important still as they build the bases and foundation of learning, thus why they form the foundation of the pyramid.