Blog Post 5 - Bloom's Taxonomy

When doing research about Bloom's Taxonomy, the model below resonated well with me. I found the model on a blog post created by Lynn Lease, PhD. Along with the model she included some interesting details on Bloom's Taxonomy and ways to implement this model when writing learning objectives. This was also another resource that covers "beginning with the end in mind". Like anything we encounter when we visualize the end result we want to accomplish, we can draw up the necessary steps to get to the finish line. And that is an important element to remember when writing learning objectives - what do we want our students to be able to accomplish at the end of the lesson? What are they going to learn? How are we going to teach them? What materials and resources are we going to provide them with? By applying the Bloom's Taxonomy method when writing our learning objectives we are assigning one word that will meet the level of expertise we want our students to reach after the lesson. From there we know the degree of resources and materials we want to provide to teach the lesson. Maybe at the beginning of a Unit Plan we are aiming for students simply to understand certain concepts but by the end of the Unit Plan they should be at a level were they are able to create a project or assignment based on what they have learned throughout the entire lesson. 

My favorite part of the model below is that it provides us with those keywords that we want to include when writing learning objectives, based on the level of mastery we want our students to be at by the end of the lesson. 



Reference

Lease, L. (2016, June 20). Bloom's Taxonomy – Teaching, Learning ... - Lynn Lease, PhD. Retrieved February 13, 2019, from https://lynnleasephd.com/2016/06/20/blooms-taxonomy/