Bloom's Taxonomy Questioning Strategy
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In order to challenge students and foster higher-level thinking, use a variety of questions from all categories of Bloom’s Taxonomy. The levels of questioning on the taxonomy begin with the lowest level thinking skills and progresses to the highest level of thinking skills as shown in the following diagram:
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Key Words
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Example
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Knowledge
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label, list, name, outline, define, locate, repeat, identify, recite, state, tell, recall
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Describe what happened when Little Red Riding Hood got to Grandma’s house.
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Understand
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interpret, classify, summarize, infer, compare, explain, organize, demonstrate, outline
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Can you write a brief outline of the events that occurred in the story of Little Red Riding Hood?
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Apply
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execute, implement, solve, develop, identify, model, choose, apply, carry out
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If you were Little Red Riding Hood, what things might you do to help save yourself from the wolf?
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Analyze
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differentiate, organize, attribute, assume, categorize, examine, analyze, integrate
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Assume you are Little Red Riding Hood. How would you react when you realized that the wolf was pretending to be Grandma?
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Evaluate
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critique, judge, debate, assess, deduct, determine, justify, measure, hypothesize, detect
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Do you think that Little Red Riding Hood made good choices? Why or why not?
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Create
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generate, produce, plan, build, compose, formulate, design, imagine, invent, construct
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Design and create puppets so you can tell the story of Little Red Riding Hood in a new form.
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Questioning: Using Bloom’s Taxonomy
Describes ways that each of the levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy translate into classroom application. Note that the 21St Century version of Bloom’s Taxonomy now lists “Synthesis” ( Create) as being at the highest level of the taxonomy.
Bloom's Taxonomy from ACGE Inc. on Vimeo.