tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52247072033802224312011-12-29T09:59:15.025ZIn 2001, the venerable Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Objectives was revised, in part to reflect the new digital technologies. This blog will examine the features of the revised taxonomy.Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18374064377834061490noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224707203380222431.post-16655736511178135402008-05-13T20:15:00.001+01:002008-05-13T21:24:57.194+01:00In 1948, discussions at a convention of the American Psychological Association prompted Benjamin S. Bloom to lead a group of educators in developing behaviors important to the educational process in three domains:<br /><br /><ul><li>Cognitive</li><li>Affective</li><li>Psychomotor</li></ul><p>In 1956, Bloom published a handbook as a guide to what he valued as important cognitive behaviors - commonly referred to as Bloom's Taxonomy. Most recently, this was revised by a group lead by a former student of Bloom - Lois Anderson. This was published as the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy - and became known as Bloom's Digital Taxonomy.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5224707203380222431-1665573651117813540?l=digitaltaxonomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18374064377834061490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224707203380222431.post-5564192806607645572008-05-13T18:58:00.003+01:002008-05-13T21:11:23.331+01:00The original Bloom's Taxonomy, developed in the 1950's included a range of sills from high to low:<br /><br /><ul><li>Evaluation</li><li>Synthesis</li><li>Anaylsis</li><li>Application</li><li>Understanding</li><li>Knowledge</li></ul><p>The revision changed the level descriptors into verbs and altered the meaning of the activities:</p><ul><li>Create</li><li>Evaluate</li><li>Analyze</li><li>Apply</li><li>Understand </li><li>Remember</li></ul><p> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5224707203380222431-556419280660764557?l=digitaltaxonomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18374064377834061490noreply@blogger.com0