Bloom's taxonomy
Educational objectives framework
Bloom's taxonomy is an educational framework that classifies learning objectives into hierarchical levels of cognitive complexity.
The original 1956 version, developed by Benjamin Bloom and colleagues, arranged thinking skills from simple to complex: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation.
A revised version reordered the top levels and used verbs: remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create.
Teachers use it to design curricula and assessments that move students beyond rote memorization toward higher-order thinking.
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- learning objectivesIntended outcomes of instruction
- objectivesIntended targets or ends
- cognitiveRelating to thinking
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
cognitive domain · comprehension · application · analysis · synthesis · evaluation · thinking · hierarchy · educational · mastery · remember · understand · apply · analyze · create · action verbs · evaluate · higher-order
- teaching methodspresentation, lecturing, discussion, modeling, hands-on learning
- Eduspeakpedagogy, curriculum mapping, scaffolding, rubric, formative
- educational standardslearning objectives, learning outcomes, curriculum standards, performance standards, benchmarks
- instructional designlearning objectives, instructional materials, learning outcomes, course design, backward design
- educationeducation, school, schools, teachers, students
- pedagogyteaching methods, teaching, teaching strategies, teaching models, teaching techniques