Bloom's Taxonomy Quiz

Who published the framework for categorizing educational goals in 1956?

• Max Englehart

• Benjamin Bloom

• Edward Furst

• Walter Hill

Which category involves the recall of specifics and universals?

• Comprehension

• Analysis

• Application

• Knowledge

What does comprehension refer to?

• Understanding and apprehension

• Judging the value of material and methods

• Putting together elements and parts

• Recalling specifics and universals

Which category refers to the use of abstractions in particular and concrete situations?

• Evaluation

• Application

• Synthesis

• Analysis

What does synthesis involve?

• Checking and critiquing

• Putting together elements and parts to form a whole

• Recognizing and recalling

• Differentiating and organizing

What does evaluation engender?

• Executing and implementing

• Judging the value of material and methods for given purposes

• Generating and planning

• Interpreting and exemplifying

Who published the revision of Bloom's Taxonomy in 2001?

• Barbara Gross Davis

• Mary Forehand

• Benjamin Bloom

• A group of cognitive psychologists, curriculum theorists, and instructional researchers

What does the revised taxonomy use to label their categories and subcategories?

• Nouns

• Adjectives

• Verbs and gerunds

• Adverbs

What is at the basis of the six cognitive processes in the revised taxonomy?

• Factual Knowledge

• Procedural Knowledge

• Conceptual Knowledge

• Metacognitive Knowledge

What does procedural knowledge involve?

• Self-knowledge

• Strategic Knowledge

• Knowledge of theories, models, and structures

• Knowledge of subject-specific skills and algorithms