# Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning  ## Metadata - Author: [[Charlotte Ruhl]] - Full Title: Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning - Category: #📰 #🌿 - URL: https://www.simplypsychology.org/blooms-taxonomy.html ## Highlights Take a moment and think back to your 7th-grade humanities classroom ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gcc899bw2jtrtkasrg3h253f)) As you enter the room, you glance up at the whiteboard to see the class objectives. “Students will be able to…” is written in a red expo marker. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gcc89cptnpkv61f2jr73y1sa)) These learning objectives we are exposed to every day are a product of Bloom’s Taxonomy. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gcc89krf492yy76p95abffwe)) Bloom’s Taxonomy is a system of hierarchical models (arranged in a rank, with some elements at the bottom and some at the top) used to categorize learning objectives into varying levels of complexity ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gcc48shdcpkx5mq8sxjc09v9))  ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gcc4fyf58rvamgfdxbcd6xcg)) Not only does Bloom’s Taxonomy help teachers understand the process of learning, but it also provides more concrete guidance on how to create effective learning objectives ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gcc860vx2dp4vfa5ahre42hf)) lower level introductory courses, that are typically geared towards freshmen, will target Bloom’s lower order skills as students build foundational knowledge. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gcc844qk441pt5196fb9aqwp)) - Note: I definitely notice my introductory classes focus a lot more on memorization and understanding then application. upper level classes don’t place as much emphasis on remembering and understanding because students in these courses have already mastered this skill. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gcc848g3gz6frp3maxs8qg6p)) Many psychologists take issue with the pyramid nature of the taxonomy. The shape creates the false impression that these cognitive steps are discrete and must be performed independent of one another ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gcc8aqjtcsc7m7mr6gdkaqbd)) The structure also makes it seem like that some of these skills are more difficult and more important than others ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gcc8awzx96ptaqtm77kvv3xf)) - Note: Justin Sung argues that putting less emphasis on the lower levels is actually more effective for encoding because it forces your brain to fill in the remembering level as a byproduct. According to Karpiger and Roediger, recall is vastly more important for learning than more studying if a concept or idea is already in memory. They found testing was much more effective for continued retention than more studying after a word in language was memorized correctly once. A third problem with the taxonomy is that the sheer order of elements is inaccurate ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gcc8j3x83xdh3vsvfnc1qyk6)) The act of doing is where the learning lies, as opposed to moving through a regimented, linear process ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gcc8j0erxfkqy8ke8bb7g036))