Objectives of Cognitive Domain (Bloom, 1956)

Objectives of Cognitive Domain (Krathwohl & Anderson, 2001)

  1. Remembering: recalling knowledge from memory
  1. Knowledge: remembering previous learned material
  1. Comprehension: constructing meaning from material
  1. Understanding: constructing meaning from various materials or activities
  1. Application: implementing material in new situations

define, memorize, recognize

discuss, represent, describe, explain

apply, exhibit, use, demonstrate

retrieve definition, facts, learned information

interpreting, summarizing, inferring, explaining

  1. Analysis: breaking down or distinguish the parts of material into its components

analyze, compare, investigate, probe, examine

  1. Applying: carrying out or using a procedure through executing
  1. Analyzing: breaking materials into parts and determining how the parts related to one another or how they interrelate

analyzing, differentiating, organizing

presentation, interview, simulation

  1. Synthesis: putting parts together to form a coherent whole

compose, produce, assemble, organize,

  1. Evaluating: Making judgements based on criteria through critiquing

critiques, recommandations, reports

  1. Evaluation: judging and critiquing the value of material

judge, rate, evaluate, consider, value, criticize

  1. Creating: synthesizing parts into something new

generating, planning, producing

Level of knowledge

Level of knowledge

Factual Knowledge: the basic elements

Conceptual knowledge: the interrelationships among the basic elements with a larger structure

Procedural knowledge: how to do sth, methods of inquiry

Metacognitive Knowledge: knows about cognition and also knows how to regulate one's cognition

terminology, specific facts, conventions, trends & sequences, classifications and categories

essential facts, terminology, etc

classifications, theories, models, structures, etc

algorithms, techniques, particular methodologies

strategic or reflective knowledge about how to go about solving problems, cognitive tasks, etc

Checklist Qs for writing learning objectives

Observable

Measurable

Achievable

Clear & specific

Alignment with expectations