Tuesday, 2 April 2013

Bloom's Taxonomy

Assalamualaikum readers!

Today in class Dr. Lihanna had lecture about Bloom's Taxonomy. Do you know what is blooms taxonomy is?

Bloom's Taxonomy was created in 1956 under the leadership of educational psychologist Dr Benjamin Bloom in order to promote higher forms of thinking in education, such as analyzing and evaluating, rather than just remembering facts (rote learning).


The Three Types of Learning

The committee identified three domains of educational activities or learning (Bloom, 1956):
  • Cognitive: mental skills (Knowledge)
  • Affective: growth in feelings or emotional areas (Attitude or self)
  • Psychomotor: manual or physical skills (Skills)
Sources : HERE

Bloom's taxonomy contain of six domain. There are as below : 



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