Assessment – Bloom’s Taxonomy

1. Mrs. Shah has asked her students to classify the items in a diagram as living or nonliving. At what level of Bloom’s Taxonomy is she having her students think?

2. When a teacher wants students to recall memorized information, which of the following question stems will she use? 

3. The 2 levels from original Bloom’s whose positions were inter- changed in revised Bloom’s are: 

4. Mrs. Madhavi wants her students to compare and contrast the 2 Asian countries – China and Japan. At which level of thought is Mrs. Madhavi asking her students to work according to Bloom’s Taxonomy?  

5. Mrs. Hegde has asked students to list every possible way to answer the math word problem on the board. Then she asks them to choose the best method for solving the problem and to defend 

6. The English teacher assigned the following tasks as part of a reading lesson. Place the events in order of their place on the revised Bloom’s Taxonomy from lowest to highest. 

1. Place the events of the story in chronological order.
2. Write a new ending for the story.
3. Choose one of the story’s characters as a “best friend” and  justify your choice.
4. what is the moral of the story?

7. Which of the following is a domain of learning? 

8. Bloom’s taxonomy is a hierarchical organization of _____. 

9. Which is the correct sequence of new Bloom’s taxonomy – 

10. A teacher wrote the following objectives for a class 3 lesson on Body parts. 
Students will be able to
• Know the significance of sense organs
• State the functions of different organs.
• identify internal and external organs.
• describe the importance of good health.
• identify various supportive aids used by differently abled people

State true or false

a. The teacher has objectives on all levels of Bloom’s taxonomy.

b. These kinds of objectives are likely to lead to good understanding but not higher order thinking.

c. A ‘create’ level objective on this topic would have been- Students will be able to design a ‘body parts resume’.

d. An ‘apply’ level objective would be to have students compare the body parts of a human being with the parts of a plant.

11. Mr Jones asked questions and gave the following activities to students while teaching about the second world war. 
• Remembering- Create a time to depict the events of the second world war.
• Understanding- What were the factors that led to the second world war? Do a small group discussion on this question.
• Apply- Students look at the pictures of planes used in second world war and compare it with planes used in the Russian war with Ukraine.
• Analyse- Students find photographs depicting war damage and then write a report on questions like-How extensive was the damage? What happened to the people who lived in the vicinity where damage occurred? How long did it take to rebuild afterward?

State agree or disagree

a. The activity for remembering level is actually an understanding level activity.

b. The understanding level activity will ensure students are discussing all/most of the factors that led to the war.

c. The apply level activity is as per it’s given level.

d. Finding information and writing a report is an apply level activity.

12. The ability to use learnt material by the child making use of his previous knowledge in a new situation is called _________ 

13. This domain deals with the emotions, attitudes and interests of the students.

14. Which of the following are considered to be higher type of learning outcomes? 
A. remembering and understanding
B. Analysis of conceptual elements
C. Application of acquired knowledge and skills
D. Creating new ideas or products
E. Evaluation involving critiquing or verifying

Choose the correct answer from the option given below: