Bloom’s
Taxonomy
Daw Su Hlaing Htwe
Leacturer
TTTC (Baelin)
The THREE Domains of Learning
Affective Psychomotor
Cognitive
Taxonomy of Educational Objective
• Bloom’s Taxonomy is hierarchical;
Learning at higher levels is dependent on having
attained prerequisite knowledge and skills at lower levels.
• Goal of Bloom’s Taxonomy;
To motivate educators to focus on all three domains,
creating a more holistic form of education.
Affective Domain Emotive
Based
• react emotionally .
• target the awareness and growth
in attitudes, emotion, and
Let it become a part of you
feelings.
Organize it in your mind
Value it
Be response
Accept
knowledge
Psychomotor Domain Action
Based
• The ability to physically Origination
manipulate a tool or
Adaptation constructs,
creates,
instrument like a hand or a Complex designs,
overt adapts, initiate,
hammer. response alters, makes,
changes,
assembles rearranges,
Mechanism
, builds reorganizes,
Guided (quicker,
response assembles, better,
construct, more
copies, dismantle, accurate)
Set display,
traces,
fixes
Perception Begin, follows
displays,
explain,
see, moves,
describe , reacts, show,
detects state
Cognitive Domain Knowledge
Based
Bloom's Taxonomy
Benjamin Bloom
design, assemble, construct, conjecture,
Produce new or original work Create develop, formulate, author, investigate
, compose
appraise, argue, defend, judge, select,
Justify a stand or decision Evaluate support, value, critique, weigh , assess,
argue, recommend , rate
differentiate, organize, relate, compare,
Draw connection among
ideas
Analyze contrast,
distinguish, examine, experiment, question,
test
Use information in new
situation Apply execute, implement, solve, use,
demonstrate, interpret, operate, schedule,
sketch
classify, describe, discuss, explain,
Explain ideas or concepts Understand Identify, locate, recognize, report,
select, translate, outline, restate
define, duplicate, list, memorize,
Recall facts and basic Remember repeat, state, name, write, describ
concepts
How can Bloom help with course design
• Before you can understand a concept, you must remember it.
• To apply a concept, you must first understand it.
• In order to evaluate a concept, you must analyze it.
• To create an accurate conclusion, you must have completed a
through evaluation.