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What Are We Trying to Achieve?: Bloom's Six Levels of Intellectual Skill Building (From Benjamin S. Bloom, et. al, Taxonomy of Educational Objectives (c)1987. Published by Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA. Copyright (c) 1987 by Pearson Education. Adapted by permission of the publisher.) In 1956, Benjamin Bloom developed "The Six Levels of Intellectual Skill Building," a system for assessing children's intellectual development and planning educational objectives. "The Six Levels," originally published in Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, Book I: Cognitive Domain (Benjamin Bloom et al., eds. White Plains, N.Y: Longman Publishers USA, copyright 1956, renewed 1984), is excerpted here. Use these six defined skill levels to evaluate students' intellectual abilities and to plan activities that will help children progress through each level of intellectual skill building.
2. Comprehension: The student understands what has been taught. Success at this level means the student can: interpret; answer why; explain; predict; describe; draw; infer; substitute; summarize; answer: What is the main idea? How are these different? How are they alike?
3. Application: The student uses what has been learned and applies it to self or to something new. Success at this level means the student can: classify; transfer an event or character; personalize; extend; illustrate; demonstrate; reason, If... then...; ask: Has this happened to me? or, What would I do?
4. Analysis: The student breaks down what has been learned into smaller parts and examines it. Success at this level means the student can: distinguish reality from fantasy (Could this happen?); compare/contrast; differentiate fact from opinion; outline; diagram; categorize; organize; structure; answer: What can we conclude? What evidence can you find to support this?
5. Synthesis: The student creates something new and original from what has been learned. Success at this level means the student can: plan; create; write; design; pretend; compose; visualize; solve; embellish; answer: How can we solve? What will happen? What can you predict would happen? How can we improve this?
6. Evaluation: The student makes a judgment and supports it. Success at this level means the student can:decide: Was it right? How do I feel?; appraise; make a recommendation; judge; argue; debate; defend; weigh; discuss; assess; measure; conclude; answer: Do you believe this was the best way to do this? Why? Can you think of a better way? What is your opinion? Why? Would it be better, if...? Why? |
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