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4. Writing Learning Outcomes - Cognitive Domain


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  • Teaching and Learning (Education & Learning Theory (Principles & Theory))
  • Teaching and Learning (Clinical Teaching (How People Learn))
  • Teaching and Learning (Collaborative Learning)
  • Teaching and Learning (Self-Regulated / Motivation)
  • Teaching and Learning (Large Group Learning)
  • Teaching and Learning (Small Group Learning)
  • Teaching and Learning (Simulation)
  • Teaching and Learning (Clinical Teaching)
  • Teaching and Learning (E-Learning)
  • Teaching and Learning (General principles and best practices)
  • Curriculum Development (General Principles and Best Practices)
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In 1956, Benjamin Bloom and his colleagues developed classifications of intellectual behavior and learning in order to identify and measure progressively sophisticated learning. In 2000-2001, Anderson and Krathwohl redefined work of Bloom and postulated an adaptable Bloom’s Taxonomy.  


Diagram retrieved from https://www.psia-nw.org/newsletter-articles/blooms-taxonomy-levels-of-understanding/  



Here is the description of the Bloom’s Taxonomy by Anderson and Krathwohl (2001). Using the following description will guide you in writing the observation behaviour for cognitive domain according to the level that you wish the learners to achieve.


Level

Definition

Verbs

Remember

Retrieving relevant knowledge from long-term memory

1.1 Recognize

1.2 Recall

Understand

Determining the meaning of instructional messages, including oral, written, and graphic communication.

2.1 Interpret

2.2 Exemplify

2.3 Classify

2.4 Summarize

2.5 Infer

2.6 Compare

2.7 Explain

Apply

Carrying out or using a procedure in a given situation.

3.1 Execute

3.2 Implement

Analyze

Breaking material into its constituent parts and detecting how the parts relate to one another and to an overall structure or purpose.

4.1 Differentiate

4.2 Organize

4.3 Attribute

Evaluate

Making judgments based on criteria and standards.

5.1 Check

5.2 Critique

Create

Putting elements together to form a novel, coherent whole or make an original product.

6.1 Generate

6.2 Plan

6.3 Produce


Bloom, B. S.; Engelhart, M. D.; Furst, E. J.; Hill, W. H.; Krathwohl, D. R. (1956). Taxonomy of educational objectives: The classification of educational goals. Handbook I: Cognitive domain. New York: David McKay Company.

Anderson, L. W. & Krathwohl, D.R., et al (2001) A taxonomy for learning, teaching and assessing: A revision of Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives. New York: Longman

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