Among other things, Bloom’s taxonomy allows us to categorize learning experiences. Bloom’s work was revised somewhat by Anderson a bit later, and it’s that revised edition I’ll describe here.
A taxonomy is a way of arranging things, and the revised Bloom’s taxonomy has two dimensions for categorization, the knowledge dimension and the cognitive dimension. Here they are in tables with examples.
Knowledge Dimension
| Level | Example |
| Factual knowledge | Crude oil can be made into gasoline |
| Conceptual knowledge | Crude oil is a mixture of many different hydrocarbons including gasoline. |
| Procedural knowledge | Mixtures of chemicals in general can be separated through distillation, including gasoline from crude oil. |
| Metacognitive knowledge | Determining if a chemical mixture can be separated with distillation is possible through internet searches or experimentation with different temperatures. |
Cognitive Dimension
| Level | Example |
| Remember | Crude oil can be made into gasoline |
| Understand | Draw diagram showing how gasoline is extracted from gasoline |
| Apply | Set up alcohol distillation in test tubes |
| Analyze | Given a set of 20 liquids, determine which are mixtures separable by distillation |
| Evaluate | Compare your methods to those of your classmates |
| Create | Try to make brandy by distilling wine (not quite kid friendly.. :D) |
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