Bloom's Taxonomy
Also known as تصنيف بلوم
Definition
Bloom's Taxonomy classifies learning objectives by cognitive demand, from lower-order to higher-order thinking: Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate and Create. Each level implies both a different kind of instruction and a different kind of assessment, which is why the taxonomy is used to write objectives and to check that tests match their stated intent.
Its practical use is diagnostic. A stated objective of "analyze customer complaints to identify root causes" sits at the Analyze level, so a multiple-choice recall test does not assess it — however convenient that test may be to build and score. Mismatches between the level of an objective and the level of its assessment are among the most common flaws in corporate courses.
The revised 2001 taxonomy replaced Bloom's original nouns with verbs and moved Create to the top. Treat the levels as overlapping rather than strictly sequential: learners frequently apply a skill competently before they can articulate the principle behind it.