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Bloom's Taxonomy

B. S. Bloom and his colleagues formulated a hierarchy of cognitive educational objectives, generally referred to as Bloom's Taxonomy. Bloom's Taxonomy divides these cognitive objectives into categories that range from the cognitively simplest behaviours to the most complex. In a way, these categories correspond to the degree to which material is learned or mastered.
Competence
Knowledge
Definition ability to remember previously learned material
Behavior recognizing previously learned facts or theories
Concrete example(s) recognize common terms, specific facts, methods and procedures, basic concepts, principles when they are mentioned
Competence
Comprehension
Definition ability to grasp the meaning of material
Behavior translating material from one form to another, interpreting material, estimate future trends.
Concrete convert tree sentence structure to labeled bracketing;
example(s) restate or summarize theory; describe how an experimental outcome would be translated into a pattern of data
Competence
Application
Definition ability to use learned material in new and concrete situations
Behaviors may apply rules, methods, concepts, principles, laws, and theories to phenomena or data
Concrete example(s) generate a sentence using phrase structure rules, predict recognition point for a nonword based on cohort model principles
Competence
Analysis
Definition ability to break down material into component parts to understand its organizational structure
Behaviors identifying parts, analysis of relationship between parts; recognition of organizational principles underlying phenomena or domain
Concrete example(s) identify unstated assumptions or logical fallacies in arguments; distinguish between facts and inferences; evaluate the relevancy of data to hypothesis, analyze the linguistic structure of a word, sentence, or text
Competence
Synthesis
Definition ability to put parts together to form a new whole
Behaviors judge the adequacy with which conclusions are supported by data
Concrete example(s) write an essay in which a set of abstract underlying relations across different domains is revealed
Competence
Evaluation
Definition judge the value of material for a certain purpose
Behavior evaluate argument, data, or theory using specified criteria
Concrete example(s) judge the adequacy with which hypothesis, theory, or conclusions are supported by data; judge the adequacy of a model for explaining a set of phenomena

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