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Tag: questioning and assessment
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Across the world, right now, Bloom’s taxonomy is framing assessment for millions of learners in classrooms, exam halls and lecture theatres. So why not use it in yours?
Using Bloom’s Taxonomy to Frame Assessments I want to share a few things about how you can use Bloom’s Taxonomy to frame assessments and why it works so effectively. (The…
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Start using Bloom’s Taxonomy now to see understanding as a set of blocks learners build up in your lessons in pursuit of mastery
Building Blocks It seems natural to think of knowledge in terms of building blocks. We learn facts and information. This forms the foundations of our thought. As we grow older,…
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Why the magic of Bloom’s Taxonomy gives it relevance across age groups and throughout a huge chunk of the curriculum
A Tool You Can Put to Work The taxonomy is a flexible, adaptable tool that can be applied across large areas of the curriculum and with a wide range of…
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Understand the key cognitive processes that sit at the heart of Bloom’s Taxonomy, giving it the power to frame lessons, objectives, questions and assessments
Bloom’s Taxonomy in the Classroom What are the implications of Bloom’s Taxonomy for teaching and learning? How does delineating and defining the cognitive processes we ask learners to pursue in…
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Why does Bloom’s Taxonomy work? A simple, easy-to-follow guide that will change how you think about this indispensable teaching tool
Into the Distant Past We begin in the past, more than half a century ago. The taxonomy was first conceived in the years following World War Two. In 1956, Taxonomy…
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How to make sense of mastery learning using Bloom’s Taxonomy, and what this means for planning, learning and assessment in your classroom
Mastery Learning as the Foundation Bloom’s Taxonomy is concerned with mastery learning. The whole taxonomy rests on this concept. If we master something we become expert in it. This expertise…
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Get under the bonnet of Bloom’s Taxonomy and discover exactly what is, how it works, and why it still matters today, more than half a century after its creation
Bloom’s Taxonomy is a hierarchy of cognitive processes ranging from the simple to the complex. To master those higher up you must first master those lower down. The processes to…
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How to take your classroom questioning and start thinking about it as a diagnostic tool for assessment
Questions elicit information and we can use questions as a diagnostic tool. To diagnose something is to identify, detect and establish. It involves eliciting information that can be compared to…