Exercise 1: Identify where each of following questions fit into Bloom’s taxonomy. Mark the block with an “X”.

Questions Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation

1. What hypothesis would you make?

2. How would you solve the problem?

3. What inference would you make?

4. What is the name of the capital of Rhode

Island?

5. What would happen to the cake if it were

cooked 5 minutes longer?

6. What is the most significant scene in

Hamlet?

7. How would you find the area of a triangle

having two sides that are equal?

Lewis, K.G. (2006) ‘Developing Questioning Skills’ in Section 5 of Sourcebook, Center for Teaching Effectiveness, University of Texas at Austin, viewed 15 August 2006,
<http://www.utexas.edu/academic/cte/sourcebook/questioning.pdf.>
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Exercise 2: Create an example question for each level of Bloom’s taxonomy.

KNOWLEDGE: requires student recognise or recall information

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COMPREHENSION: requires student think on a low level such that knowledge can
be reproduced or communicated without a verbatim repetition

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APPLICATION : requires student solve/explain a problem by applying what has been

learnt to other situations

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ANALYSIS: requires student solve a problem through the systematic examination of

facts/information

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SYNTHESIS: requires student to find a solution to a problem through use of original,

creative thinking

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EVALUATION: requires critical thought where student make an assessment of good

or not so good, according to some standards

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