During the 1990’s, Lorin Anderson (a former student of Benjamin Bloom) led a team of cognitive psychologists in revisiting the taxonomy with the view to examining the relevance of the taxonomy as we enter the twenty-first century.
REMEMBERING
Recognise, list, describe, identify retrieve, name ?.
Can the student RECALL information?
UNDERSTANDING
Interpret, exemplify, summarise, infer, paraphrase ?..
Can the student EXPLAIN ideas or concepts?
APPLYING
Implement, carry out, use ?
Can the student USE the new knowledge in another familiar situation?
ANALYSING
Compare, attribute, organise, deconstruct ?
Can the student DIFFERENTIATE between constituent parts?
EVALUATING
Check, critique, judge hypothesise …
Can the student JUSTIFY a decision or course of action?
CREATING
Design, construct, plan, produce …
Can the student GENERATE new products, ideas or ways of viewing things
— —Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy (oz – TeacherNet)
Via Mike Arnzen’s Pedablogue.
I’ve heard this revision mentioned at conferences, but I’ve never actually tracked it down. Thanks for pointing it out, Mike.