Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels

Example of Performance

Objectives

Examples of Activities

Knowledge

Remembering, recalling information.

Have the learners take a pre-test. For example, the survey we did the first day of class that expressed what we were familiar with.

Comprehension

Describing in one’s own words

Ask the student a question and have him/her elaborate on the specific topic.

Application

Apply information to produce a result

Ask a How is…question and then ask why or give an example.

Analysis

Subdividing something to show how it is put together

Ask the learner to list evidence of a certain point or topic.

Synthesis

Combination of ideas to form a whole

Ask the student to create or design a lesson plan.

Evaluation

Resolving differences of opinion

Having the students debate on a certain topic. List the pros and cons.

Tomei’s Taxonomy Levels

Example of Performance

Objectives

Examples of Activities

Literacy

Competency of technology

Have the students choose a particular technological tool and have them apply it.

Collaboration

Sharing ideas

Have the students work together in groups. Split up into groups according to different educational and work backgrounds.

Decision-Making

Problem solving

Give the students a situation, such as “How would you construct a lesson plan for different learning styles and what would you keep in consideration?”

Infusion

Integrating technology with learning

Have the students choose an “older” technology that has been around and how it has affected our daily lives.

Integration

Teaching with modern as well as older technologies

Have the student integrate the “older” technology that they researched and integrate that technology with a more modern one and create a lesson plan. Also, tell whether it was useful or not.

Technology

Study of technology and its history

Have the students choose a some form of technology and list ways that other technologies and our way of life has improved because of it.

Performance Objectives

PO rank on Bloom’s

PO rank on Tomei’s

Student Performance

Ask the student to create or design their own lesson plan

Have the student integrate different technologies and create a lesson plan

Condition

Have the learner take a pre-test, so that I know where they are at and their range of knowledge of the subject matter.

Have the students work in groups, so that they can each get comfortable with the other classmates knowledge and skills.

Criterion

Ask the student to evaluate the course and assess what they have learned.

Have the students choose a particular technological tool of their choice and apply it to a lesson.