Bloom's taxonomy

1. BLOOM’s Taxonomy

2. Who is Benjamin Bloom?
• American Educational Psychologist
• Created Bloom’s Taxonomy in 1956 to promote Higher Order Thinking
in education
• Contributed towards research in Mastery Learning
- pupils are taught at their level of proficiency
- Pupils are assessed
- Pupils given more opportunities to ‘master’ the learning or given
more challenging tasks
- Focus on process not content

3. What is Bloom’s Taxonomy?
• Taxonomy: Classification
• Bloom’s classifies ways of thinking
from lower order to more difficult,
higher order skills
• These terms were updated in the 1990s

4. • Creating
• Evaluating
•Analysing
• Applying
• Understanding
• Remembering
Classification
Terms
Creating
Evaluating
Analysing
Applying
Understanding
Remembering

5. Creating
Evaluating
Analysing
Applying
Understanding
Remembering

6. Activity
Take 2 minutes. Write down 2 questions to ask someone
about the story of Beauty and the Beast.

13. Activity
Now…use the question sheet to reflect on the level of thinking
required for each question you created.

14. How do we use it in the classroom?
• As part of Active Learning
• As part of play
• As part of Guided Reading
• Differentiation
• All Curricular Areas for feedback linked to Learning Intentions and
Success Criteria (Mid-lesson and plenary)
• Encouraging young people to think, question, reflect and work
together
• Teachers planning questioning before lessons and for Assessment

19. Skills for Learning: Bloom’s Taxonomy

20. How does it link to the curriculum?
• Used to inform the Experiences and Outcomes in Curriculum for
Excellence
• STEM
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
• Skills for learning, life and work
• Debating Skills
• Digital Learning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqgTBwElPzU

21. How does it link to the curriculum?
Mastery of basic skills of literacy and numeracy
Ability to work with others
Ability to cope with change
Well developed verbal skills
Decision-making and problem solving skills
Higher Order Thinking Skills encourage:

22. Source:
https://teachonline.asu.edu/2016/05/integrating-
technology-blooms-taxonomy

23. ‘It is important that all learners are given
appropriate opportunities to develop
their thinking skills. These skills can be
developed across a range of contexts
including through more practical or
applied learning opportunities’
Curriculum for Excellence: Building the Curriculum 4: skills for learning, skills
for life and skills for work, Page 8

24. Example of progression
Curriculum for Excellence: Experiences and Outcomes for Literacy

25. How can this be used at home?
• Discussing stories being read
• Reflecting on the school day
• Questioning through play instead of directing play
• Use of Digital Technology