Name:_________________________________ Date:____________
Design Brief: Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy Reference Tool
Adult Educators
Background Statement:
Popups, levers, and wheels are some mechanisms used in paper engineering. Meaningful
moving parts can help to highlight and isolate specific information at specific times.
Bloom’s Taxonomy distinguishes fundamental cognitive processes within education. Originally
published in Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals, 1956 in
order to facilitate communication between educators and examiners, the Taxonomy was revised in
2000. i
Design Challenge:
Design and build a Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy reference tool that will help educators plan impactful
learning experiences, write meaningful content objectives and communicate assessments. The
reference tool will include moving parts that highlight each level of the taxonomy with indicators and
descriptors.
Criteria:
1. You must be safe and respectful at all times
2. Collaboration is encouraged, but everyone will make their own model
3. The reference tool must be organized to include all 6 levels of Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy and
descriptors/verbs/indicators of each level
4. Moving parts highlight each level
5. The reference tool must be small enough to fit in a typical plan book (No larger than
8 ½ x11”)
Materials:
Paper
Cardstock
Brads
Popsicle sticks
Paper clips
Tools:
Crop-a-dile (hole punch)
Tape
Scissors
EZ Cutter
Stapler
Markers
Planning
1. Restate the problem in your own words. What are you being asked to do? What problems
might arise?
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2. Brainstorm possible reference tools. What mechanisms will you use? Use pictures, words, and
numbers to plan your reference tool.
3. Build your reference tool.
4. Take notes. Did you meet all of the criteria? Why or why not? What problems did you have?
How did you solve them?
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5. Record your testing below.
a. Is your reference tool 8 ½ x 11” or less?
b. Does your mechanism’s moving parts highlight each level of Blooms’ Revised
Taxonomy?
c. Does your reference tool include descriptors, verbs, and/or indicators?
6. After you have tested, please REDESIGN your reference tool. What changes can you make to
improve your design? If time permits, please build a new reference tool or adjust the tool
already constructed.
Reflection
7. Explain your reason for the different mechanisms that you tried. Could you have accomplished
your goal a different way? Was your reference tool the best possible solution? What might you
do differently next time?
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Airasian, Peter W.; Cruikshank, Kathleen A.; Mayer, Richard E.; Pintrich, Paul R.; Raths, James; Wittrock, Merlin C. (2000).Anderson,
Lorin W.; Krathwohl, David R., eds. A taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing: A revision of Bloom's taxonomy of
educational objectives. Allyn and Bacon. ISBN 978-0-8013-1903-7.
Bloom, B. S.; Engelhart, M. D.; Furst, E. J.; Hill, W. H.; Krathwohl, D. R. (1956). Taxonomy of educational objectives: The classification
of educational goals. Handbook I: Cognitive domain. New York: David McKay Company.