#8 - Bloom('s Taxonomy) Where You Are Planted

Last week we visited the Sports Psychology Lab. This is a room located in our College of Education filled with all sorts of gadgets that put the human mind to the test. One device tracked the patterns of the eyes, while another tested your hand eye coordination and ability to think under pressure. One of the devices we worked with that could be beneficial in the classroom is the device the second device mentioned. It was a large board with several buttons, a button would light up and you would have to press it. However, occasionally a series of numbers or a math problem would appear in the center of the board and you would have to recite the numbers or answer the problem. This can help students in the classroom because not only is it a fun way to practice basic arithmetic, it also can make the students better human beings by strengthening their ability to think quickly and problem solve under extreme circumstances.


Bloom's Taxonomy is an educational framework that consists of several layers. The top layer being create, and the others as follows: evaluate, analyze, apply, understand, and remember. Because each layer has a separate purpose, one could easily explain Bloom's Taxonomy through a series of PowerPoint slides. For the first level, create, I would simply put the word create into a slide and proceed to hand out some sort of white board and marker and allow them to create whatever they wanted so they could associate creating with Bloom's Taxonomy's first level, create. Then for evaluate, I would put on my slide the word and the definition and then have each child discuss with their neighbor why they created the thing that they did. For the next level, analyze, I would provide the explanation "draw connections among ideas" and ask the students to see if there are any connections between their creations. For apply, I would again have the word and definition on a slide. I would ask students to raise their hands and share ideas for how they can use what they just learned about analyzing and evaluating in the real world. The next layer is understand. Students would now be asked to look at the definition on the slide and turn their neighbor and attempt to uncover if they understand what they've learned so far. I would then display the word remember and ask students to share what they remember from this activity. We would then create a six layer foldable with each layer and description so the steps of Bloom's Taxonomy could be further cemented into their brains.

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