Blooms+Taxonomy

=**Blooms Taxonomy is "thinking about thinking." The thinking is split into the following categories:** = =**Knowledge ** = ==**Has memory of previously-learned materials by recalling facts, terms, basic concepts and answers** == = =


=**Comprehension ** = ==**Has a clear understanding of facts and ideas by organizing, comparing, translating, interpreting, giving descriptions, and stating main ideas** == =**Application ** = ==**Using new knowledge. Solve problems to new situations by applying acquired knowledge, facts, techniques and rules in a different way** == =**Analysis ** = ==**Examine and break information into parts by identifying motives or causes. Make inferences and find evidence to support generalizations** == =<span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">Synthesis ** = ==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Compile information together in a different way by combining elements in a new pattern or proposing alternative solutions** == =<span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">Evaluation ** = ==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Present and defend opinions by making judgments about information, validity of ideas or quality of work based on a set of criteria** ==

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">
==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**We use these skills daily and work toward a higher level of thinking through discussion and activities.** ==