DOK & Bloom's Taxonomy

DOK &
Bloom's Taxonomy

Let's overview the importance of these two frameworks when designing a lesson plan with technology.

categorizes tasks according to the complexity of thinking

​promoting deeper students' thinking.

Depth of Knowledge
(DOK)

Multiple Choice

What is NOT a level of thinking in DOK?

• Applying

• Remembering

• Imagining

• Researching

​encourages high-order thinking skills (HOTS) building up from low-order thinking skills (LOTS).

Bloom's Taxonomy

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a level of Bloom’s Taxonomy?

• Reflect

• Create

• Analyze

• Understand

Review DOK levels

Drag and Drop

The focus of DOK level 1 is on

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definitions

skills

reasoning

planning

Dropdown

Some actions you can ask students to do in DOK level 1 are:​ ​

Select answer

Multiple Choice

The focus of DOK level 2 is on:

• Abstract thinking

• Defending reasoning

• Providing details

• Applying skills

Drag and Drop

One thing you can ask students to do in DOK level 2 is: ​

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classify

list

design

critique

Dropdown

DOK level 3 is focused on​

Select answer

thinking​.

Multiple Choice

Some of the things you can ask your students to in in DOK level 3 are:

• compare, conclude, construct

• design, synthesize, prove

• infer, predict, organize

• label, identify, draw

Multiple Choice

The kind of verbs that go with DOK level 4 are:

• differentiate, hypothesize, formulate

• create, analyze, synthesize

• calculate, label, illustrate

• distinguish, interpret, modify

• ​Helps students build their HOTS based on their LOTS.

• Helps teachers plan their lesson in order.

Webb's DOK

Categorize

Options (12)

identify

memorize

recognize

classify

relate

show

contrast

investigate

revise

design

analyze

create

Organize these options into the right categories according to DOK:

DOK 1: Recall

DOK 2: Skills

DOK 3: Strategic

DOK 4: Extended

Review Bloom's Taxonomy

Labelling

What is the highest level of Bloom's Taxonomy (in the most recent update)

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apply

evaluate

remember

create

Match

Match the following actions to each of the low-order thinking skills of Bloom's Taxonomy:

• Remembering

• Understanding

• Applying

Define, state, label

Relate, select, describe

Map, implement, classify

• Define, state, label

• Relate, select, describe

• Map, implement, classify

Reorder

Reorder the high-order thinking skills of Bloom's Taxonomy:

• Analyzing

• Evaluating

• Creating

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

Draw

Compare Webb's Depth of Knowledge (DOK) to Bloom's Taxonomy: