Bloom Taxonomy
Bloom Taxonomy
Bloom’s taxonomy is a framework for classifying learning objectives into levels of cognitive complexity. Developed by Benjamin Bloom and later revised, it helps educators design learning outcomes, assessments, and instructional strategies.
Levels
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyze
- Evaluate
- Create
Remembering (Recalling and recognizing information)
Brief: Ability to recall facts, definitions, and basic concepts.
- Core ideas: memorization, retrieval, recognition, recall cues
- Related concepts:
- Long-term memory
- Knowledge checks
- Flashcards
- Further reading:
Understanding (Explaining information and concepts)
Brief: Ability to interpret, summarize, compare, or explain meaning.
- Core ideas: comprehension, paraphrasing, conceptual clarity
- Subskills:
- Interpreting
- Exemplifying
- Classifying
- Summarising
- Inferring
- Comparing
- Explaining
- Further reading:
Applying (Using knowledge in new situations)
Brief: Ability to use learned material in real or practical contexts.
- Core ideas: transfer, procedural knowledge, execution
- Subskills:
- Executing
- Implementing
- Further reading:
- [of learning]
- [solving]
Analyzing (Breaking information into parts)
Brief: Ability to examine relationships, structure, and purpose.
- Core ideas: deconstruction, patterns, distinctions
- Subskills:
- Differentiating
- Organising
- Attributing
- Further reading:
Evaluating (Judging based on criteria and standards)
Brief: Ability to make informed judgments, critique evidence, or justify decisions.
- Core ideas: criteria-based reasoning, validation, appraisal
- Subskills:
- Checking
- Critiquing
- Further reading:
Creating (Generating new ideas, products, or solutions)
Brief: Ability to synthesise information into something original.
- Core ideas: innovation, design thinking, synthesis
- Subskills:
- Generating
- Planning
- Producing
- Further reading:
See also
- [taxonomy]
- [psychology]
- [objective]