Bloom's Taxonomy through Visual

Bloom's Taxonomy through Text

Benjamin Bloom created Bloom's Taxonomy.  Who is Benjamin Bloom? This link provides the life and work of Benjamin Bloom and how Bloom's Taxonomy came to be.

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Benjamin_Bloom


Benjamin Bloom's focus of his work was on "the improvement of student learning." Bloom believed that you can "improve human thinking." This link gives an introduction and history to Bloom's Taxonomy, what Bloom's Taxonomy is, why and how to use it.

http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy


The definition of what Bloom's Taxonomy is and the breakdown of each category included in Bloom's Taxonomy is included in the link below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_Taxonomy

Helpful Links

Benjamin Bloom along with a team of psychologists created Bloom's Taxonomy as a means to classify behaviors as they associate to levels of learning.  Each level in Bloom's Taxonomy is independent of the next and they build upon each other towards the ultimate goal of higher order evaluating and synthesis of knowledge.  In the 90's, Lorin Anderson, a student of Bloom, updated Bloom's Taxonomy changing the words from nouns to verbs to explain the intake of information. This link provides a more detailed look at the first and updated versions of Bloom's Taxonomy.(Heer, 2000)

ww2.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm


Learning objectives should refer back to Bloom's Taxonomy to show the depth of each lesson and the potential for students to grow and learn throughout a semester.  The link below shows a graphic that explains the cognitive processes as they are paired with the knowledge dimension.  The graphic is interactive as well, showing more information as you move the mouse over the blocks. 

www.celt.iastate.edu/teaching/RevisedBlooms1.html

Bloom's Taxonomy through Graphics

This is labeled as a pie chart. A pie chart can be used in many different ways. this is one example of how graphics can help students understand the way Bloom's taxonomy works.

 

This is called a mind map. It can be somewhat confusing for some students, but is also a great way to get students thinking and seeing the flow of things throughout Bloom's Taxonomy.

Here is another example of the way graphics can be incorporated into introducing Bloom's taxonomy. This pyramid chart lists the sequence of Bloom's Taxonomy very simply. 

Lastly, this is the table map. This would also help those students that learn from graphics understand where Bloom is coming from. It is a little more organized and well thought out compared to the other charts and tables.

Bloom's Taxonomy through Audio

Audio is a great way for students to also learn. There are many different positive aspects of incorporating audio into the lesson. A few of those positive aspects include:

• It allows students who are absent to easily catch up on missed work
• Instructors usually only have to make it once and post it once
• Students can create their own videos or podcasts
• Students keep up to date on technology and software

What is a podcast?

A podcast is described as a multimedia digital file made available on the internet for downloading to a portable music device such as mp3 players, ipods, computers, smart phones, and etc. The creator of the podcast usually is converted into the different files needed to download this podcast. Instructors use this for lectures and  other classroom needs. They can often use this for students that are blind or even missed a class and needed to get caught up on the missed material. 

The following links are links that directly connect you to several podcasts that introduce Bloom's Taxonomy and others that just touch on some of his beliefs. 


This one is a quick overview of Bloom's Taxonomy
http://www.syberworks.com/audio/lingopodcast71.mp3

This link describes the revised version of Bloom's Taxonomy. Dr. Lorin Anderson researched and published effective instructional practices for disadvantaged children.
http://socstu.ncwiseowl.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_4508142/File/podcast/Lorin%20Anderson-Part%201.mp3  

This link is part two of Dr. Anderson's overview on Bloom's Taxonomy
 http://socstu.ncwiseowl.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_4508142/File/podcast/Lorin%20Anderson-Part%202.mp3

Overall, podcasts can be a great way to get those audio learners interested and keep them engaged. This type of instruction can also benefit those students that seem to be out of the class quite a bit or that would rather be listening to an online lecture. Online learning isn't for everyone, but adding podcasts and audio to the lessons for e-learning might make the students more comfortable with just starting online classes.

References

Big Dog and Little Dog's Performance Juxtaposition. (2013, May 1). Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains. Retrieved from http://nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html

Coffey, H. (2013). Learn NC Bloom's Taxonomy. Retrieved from http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/4719 

Forehand, M. (2013). Bloom's Taxonomy. Retrieved from http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/indx.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy

Heer, R. (2000). Bloom's Taxonomy. Retrieved from ww2.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm

Iowa State University Cetner for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. (2011, June 7). A Model of Learning Objectives. Retrieved from http://www.celt.iastate.edu/Teaching/RevisedBlooms1.html

More than English: Teaching Language and Content. (2013). Retrieved from http://morethanenglish.edublogs.org/for-teachers/blooms-revised-taxonomy/ 

New World Encyclopedia. (2013). Benjamin Bloom. Retrieved from http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Benjamin_Bloom
 

Using Mind Maps. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.usingmindmaps.com/study-skills.html

Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia. (2013). Bloom's Taxonomy. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_Taxonomy