Friday, August 29, 2008

Bloom's is Blooming

The illustrious Bloom's Taxonomy, well used by educators and trainers worldwide, was revised in 2001. There are several significant changes to the taxonomy's first and top two layers. Click the link to view a nice comparison of the new taxonomy to the old one, courtesy of Old Dominion University, one of my home town's university's. A colleague and I discussed this and came to the conclusion that this is one of the best kept secrets in the world. Both of us have been in the field for an extensive amount of years and we missed this one...oopsies

New Bloom, Old Bloom comparison:
http://www.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm

Learning Objectives based upon the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears using the Revised Taxonomy:*

Remember: Describe where Goldilocks lived.
Understand: Summarize what the Goldilocks story was about.
Apply: Construct a theory as to why Goldilocks went into the house.
Analyze: Differentiate between how Goldilocks reacted and how you would react in each story event.
Evaluate: Assess whether or not you think this really happened to Goldilocks.
Create: Compose a song, skit, poem, or rap to convey the Goldilocks story in a new form.


*Courtesy of Omaha Public Schools Teacher's Corner

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