New Bloom's!

Most educators are familiar with Bloom's Cognitive Taxonomy with its levels of lower and higher thinking skills and use them to design and develop their assignments and projects. Recently this taxonomy was revised and updated. Review the following resources to see how they might help you in developing your own instruction.

Bloom's Taxonomy Original and Revised
Mary Forehand
This article will help you understand the new revision and how it can make designing instruction easer and more effective.

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Bloom's Revised
A further expansion....

Bloom's (1956) Revised Taxonomy
More tips on how to use the new taxonomy.

Revised Bloom's Cognitive Taxonomy
Find specific tips for each level on how to use including sample verbs, assignments, etc.

Using the New Bloom's Taxonomy to Design Meaningful Learning Assessments
This APA article gives a great Cognitive Taxonomy Circle with verbs, activities, and products.

This page was made by Marilyn Eggers for La Sierra University School of Education's Curriculum and Instruction Department and was last updated on April 10, 2008.