Blooms Taxonomy & Assessment: Type III Questions/Tasks: inferences and applications beyond what was taught in class

Type II Questions/Tasks: complex ideas and processes

Type I Questions/Tasks: basic details and processes

Assessment Types {from: Marzano, R. (2006). Classroom assessment and grading that
work. Alexandria, VA. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development}

Type I Assessments o basic details and facts vocabulary, facts, time sequence, etc o recognition and recall o lower order cognitive processes single rule procedures, algorithms, tactics, etc o basic directed-response items Type II Assessments o generalizations and principles characteristics, cause/effect, etc o mid level cognitive processes decision-making, problem-solving, inquiry, investigation, invention, etc o constructed-response items and/or complex directed-response Type III Assessments o comparing, contrasting, classifying o creating, explaining, evaluating o analyzing and synthesizing ideas o higher order cognitive processes o extended response, performance tasks, projects