The Best Education when the students are challenged. Blooms Taxonomy helps educators develop critical thinking and higher order cognitive abilities in students( Blooms 2008). In order to provide a framework of the objective, the teacher can build their lesson through blooms Taxonomy. And the most important point that we shed light on, is that the first levels of thinking must be mastered before the next one , from the simple one to the complex level to guide students to higher level of thinking.
The Link Between the First two levels of thinking.
The first the level of thinking that can be adopted by teachers in classroom is knowing(knowledge). This level of thinking activates students background in order to build on the previous ones , in other words, recall basic concepts related to the subject of interest. Age(2009) stated that you would need the prerequisites of knowledge how to walk before you would learn to run , which means learning information without the proper prerequisites can be challenging of understanding which is the next level higher up. Moreover Comprehension as a higher level of thinking ensures students understanding where they can restate the facts and interpret it using their own words.
Example:
Science Teacher in Grade ten started her lesson by stating on the Board examples ( Tomato juice - Detergents- vinegar- .... ) and asked the students to classify the above solutions into acidic and basic solutions. The students were very motivated and encouraged in the discussion and some of them said we take in in grade eight. This level of thinking activated their background knowledge. After that the teacher told the students today we are going to differentiate between acids and bases experimentally and you will come up to the conclusion. She prepared three solutions with different types of materials .At the end on the experiment the students stated the definition of acids and base as a result of what they have seen in the lab and relate it with the examples stated at the Board at the beginning of the period . All of above, reminds us with the comprehension as a level of thinking.
I believe Bloom's taxonomy is one of the best theories that reflect human's needs in general and students' needs in particular; and I believe what made of this theory one of the best is that it reflects the needs that we never been aware of! Thank you for sharing these information with us.
ReplyDeleteIndeed this theory helps the teacher a lot in doing his/her work. Our job is to use it in the best way possible.
ReplyDeleteBloom's Taxonomy is the base on which all other educational approaches rely on. Unfortunately, most of the teachers follow only the first three steps of Bloom's level of thinking continuum which basically concentrates on knowledge and memorization. Highest levels are the most important cognitively in which students think outside of the box and beyond the simple facts so that they become familiar with more complex levels thinking which require the understanding of concepts, theories and performing hypotheses.
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