Mike’s Blog
Strategies, Ideas and Insights for Teachers and Leaders
Tag: assessing learning
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What is teaching all about? – Part 2
This blog is Part 2 of 3. Here’s a link to Part 1. And here’s a link to Part 3. My goal is to unpack the concept pf teaching for…
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How you can use Bloom’s Taxonomy to create easy-to-apply, high impact mark-schemes that marry up beautifully with the assessments you plan for your learners
Constructing Mark-Schemes with Bloom’s Taxonomy Once you have an assessment you want to use to test the extent of your learners’ mastery, you need to construct a mark-scheme to complete…
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Nine ways any teacher can use Bloom’s taxonomy to develop in-lesson, question-led and task-based assessments that produce rich, meaningful insights into learner thinking
Using Bloom’s Taxonomy to Frame Assessment Bloom’s Taxonomy offers great scope for planning and developing assessment of all types. As a reminder, here’s how the taxonomy runs: It is inherently…
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Understand the fundamental role Bloom’s Taxonomy plays in most of the assessment experiences learners have in school (and beyond …)
Bloom’s Taxonomy and Assessment Our concern is the extent to which we can apply the taxonomy to support us in the twin aims of assessment: These aims refer to the…
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Understand the multiple ways any teacher can use synthesis and evaluation to plan, structure and develop effective lessons and assessments, calling on the power of Bloom’s Taxonomy
Synthesis, Evaluation, and Assessment Synthesis and evaluation are challenging. They sit at the top of Bloom’s Taxonomy. If learners can do these successfully, they’ll have gone a long way towards…