Bloom’s taxonomy Appropriate in Social Science
- 1. BLOOM’S TAXONOMY APPROPRIATE FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE PRESENTED BY: PHAULA BIANCA P. ORBILLO
- 2. WHAT IS BLOOM’S TAXONOMY Bloom’s Taxonomy, created by educational psychologist Benjamin Bloom in 1953, is a six-tier pyramid of learning levels beginning with knowledge as the basis of learning. Knowledge is built upon by comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation, with each skill increasing a student’s conceptual understanding of a topic or field of study and experience.
- 4. WHAT IS BLOOM’S TAXONOMY Developed to promote higher forms of thinking in education, such as analyzing and evaluating concepts, processes, procedures and principles, rather than simply memorizing facts. The cognitive domain list has been the primary focus of most traditional education and is frequently used to structure curriculum learning objectives, assessments and activities.
- 5. REVISION In the 2001 revised edition of Bloom's taxonomy, the levels have slightly different names and their order was revised: Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate, and Create (rather than Synthesize).
- 7. APPLICATIONS OF THE TAXONOMY Bloom’s taxonomy can be used as a checklist to ensure that all level of a domain have been assessed and align assessment methods with the appropriate lessons and methodologies.
- 8. BLOOM’S TAXONOMY IN SOCIAL SCIENCE In Social Studies classes, memorizing dates and facts is an important foundation for every lesson. However, students should also understand the material to the point that they can defend their own ideas and opinions on both world issues and historical events. Bloom's taxonomy walks students and teachers through this learning process.
- 9. APPLY BLOOM'S KNOWLEDGE STEPS have your students memorize important names, dates and facts in your lesson, in a rote-memory style. For example, if you're teaching a lesson on the Philippine Independence, have your students memorize the date of the battle if any, then the event, the people or leaders involved in the said event. Objective verbs: identify, name, recite, locate
- 10. APPLYING BLOOM'S COMPREHENSION STEP Have your students summarize events that happened around a specific date or event, in a simple question- and-answer forum. Call on a student or have the students raise their hands and have them explain the event in their own words. For example: traditions and celebrations have them summarize what we do such as fiesta’s and why we celebrate it. Objective Verbs: Give examples, illustrate summarize,
- 11. APPLYING BLOOM'S APPLICATION STEP Have your students classify facts surrounding your in social science lesson or topics into separate categories. Have them use their knowledge in a new situation. Ex 1: Urban and Rural communities, have students categorize things into these two categories. Ex 2: Migration have your students think of reasons that could make a group of people migrate. Objective verbs: organize, produce, sketch, dramatize, paint, choose, and ect.
- 12. APPLYING BLOOM’S ANALYSIS STEP have students construct a timeline or cause-and-effect chart that connects each event or fact to another. Let them break down the information they've learned and make connections between events. For example, have them make a timeline of before, during and after Spanish colonization in which each significant event leads to another event. Objective verbs: categorize, compare, infer, survey, distinguish
- 13. APPLYING BLOOM’S EVALUATION STEP Assigning your students an argumentative essay such as journal or reflection about the outcome of an historical event - the winning of a war, the passing of a law or the end of a political regime. Have them prove they can argue, judge, criticize, persuade and assess the information they've learned. Objective verbs: criticize, defend, compare, compare, judge…ect
- 14. APPLYING BLOOM’S CREATING STEP Have your students create a reproduction of the historical event in a diorama, map or a short group video. Tell them to create, model, or design something original based on the information they've learned. Ex 1: Create a short video about Filipino culture and tradition during the Spanish time. Objective verbs: Create, Design, Invent, Plan, Make-up, Develop…ect.
Editor's Notes
- #8: In this way, the taxonomy also makes it easier for us to maintain consistency between assessment methods, content, and instructional materials and identify weak areas.