Bloom's taxonomy model serves as a guideline for designing performance tasks and evaluating critical thinking skills.
Teachers tend to spend an extensive amount of time in the REMEMBER and UNDERSTAND steps. The other four steps indicate progressively higher levels of critical thinking and offer opportunities for differentiated learning.
Grasping the higher levels of content in lessons will move students up the ladder towards the CREATE step.
Differentiated Instruction using Bloom's Taxonomy
Students temporarily reside in different levels of the taxonomy scale as they acquire new knowledge.
To successfully apply Bloom's taxonomy in the classroom, teachers must strive to present information in a variety of ways to improve engagement and promote higher levels of competency for ALL types of learners.
Points to consider when planning lessons: