Benjamin Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

Questions and Answers

To evaluate the effectiveness of teaching strategies.

To analyze student understanding of complex concepts.

To help students synthesize new ideas from information.

To ensure students can easily recall facts. (correct)

Synthesis (correct)

Application

Analysis

Understanding

Evaluation

Application (correct)

Understanding

Knowledge

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Study Notes

There are six levels of questions in the cognitive domain, as classified by Benjamin S. Bloom in his book "Taxonomy of Education Objective" (1956).

Questions at this level are knowledge-based and can be easily answered by recalling facts from memory.
Teachers should use these questions when introducing new topics or ideas to students.

Questions at this level require comprehension and understanding of concepts and knowledge.
Teachers should ask these questions to facilitate understanding activities.

Questions at this level involve using information provided to students to apply their knowledge.
These questions help students apply their knowledge through the information provided during teaching and learning activities.

Questions at this level require students to separate ideas and analyze information.
Teachers need to guide students to follow the subject content and apply skills to answer these questions.

Questions at this level require students to come up with new ideas using initial information.
These questions require high-level skills, and teachers need to guide students to synthesize information.

Questions at this level require students to make and maintain justifications, which is the highest level of questioning.
Evaluation-based questions require students to justify their answers.