An+Overview+of+Bloom's+Taxonomy

**Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives**
** Knowledge ** Students tell us what they already know through what we have already taught them, what others (teachers, friends, parents, etc.) have taught them, what they have perceived and/or experienced for themselves. Some of the thinking skills are: //recalling, remembering, recognizing, recollecting, defining, identifying//

Students demonstrate that they understand what they know, through negotiating what is known into different patterns of information. Some of the thinking skills are: //rewording, rephrasing, comparing,explaining, interpreting, describing, illustrating, associating, differentiating//
 * Comprehension **

**Application** Students select, transfer, and use information and generalizations to complete a task through taking what they have already learned and applying it to other situations. Some of the thinking skills are: //problem-solving, exampling, classifying, selecting, transferring, applying, hypothesizing, relating// **Analysis** Students support their arguments and opinions through organizing ideas into logical patterns of understanding. //Some of the thinking skills are: analysing, determining the evidence, inferring, drawing conclusions, reasoning logically, ordering//

**Evaluation** Students consider the values implicit in their thinking through looking at evidence and establishing criteria. //Some of the thinking skills are: summarizing, judging, defending, assessing, arguing, reasoning, appraising, criticizing, appreciating, selecting, deducing, deciding priorities//

**Synthesis** Students construct a connected whole from separate elements through expressing original and creative ideas. //Some of the thinking skills are: originating, integrating, combining, designing, develop, improving, reflecting, supposing.//