Bloom's Taxonomy Overview

Taxonomy of Objectives

• Learning objectives are categorized into three domains: cognitive, affective, and psychomotor.

Cognitive Domain

• Focuses on knowledge and intellectual abilities.
• Involves mental processes like memorization, analysis, and problem-solving.
• Objectives address recall, recognition, and development of intellectual abilities and skills.

Affective Domain

• Deals with the development of attributes like interest, attitudes, values, and commitment
• Learning outcomes in this domain involve a spectrum of growth from awareness to internalization of value and consistent behavior

Psychomotor Domain

• Focuses on physical and kinesthetic skills.
• Ranges from simple reflexes to complex neuromuscular coordination
• Progression is observable from observation to mastery of a physical/motor skill

Bloom's Taxonomy (Cognitive Domain)

• Hierarchical structure of cognitive skills
• Organized into six levels, from basic remembering to higher-order creating.
• Levels progress from simple recall to complex problem-solving. Revised taxonomy uses verbs to represent and clarify actions.

Krathwohl's Taxonomy (Affective Domain)

• Hierarchical structure for understanding how attitudes develop.
• Organized into five levels, from receiving to characterization by value set.
• Levels progress from an initial awareness to internalizing certain values and consistent behavior driven by those values.

Anita Harlow's Taxonomy (Psychomotor Domain)

• Organized by degree of coordination and learned capabilities
• Ranges from simple reflexes to complex, skilled movements.
• Also includes non-discursive communication.