Name ______________________________
Block __________
New Bloom’s Taxonomy
DIRECTIONS: Go to the following prezi and pinterest links as well as the PowerPoint on our class webpage to find answers to
the questions below.
 https://prezi.com/2xrzabn1eg2z/blooms-taxonomy/
 PPT found on class web page
 http://www.pinterest.com/mscruzocsarts/bloom-s-taxonomy/
1) How many questioning levels does New Bloom’s have?
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2) The lowest level of questioning is:
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3) Create a visual for New Bloom’s in the space provided below. Your visual should illustrate an understanding of the type of
question that is asked in each level with some common verbs that might be used in their phrasing.
4) The teacher wants her students to compare and contrast the setting of “Marigolds” to the setting in Of Mice and Men. At
which level of thought is she asking her students to work according to Bloom’s Taxonomy? Circle the correct answer
below.
A. Analyzing
B. Remembering
C. Understanding
5) The teacher has asked her students to classify the items in a diagram as a cause or effect of the Great Depression. At what
level of Bloom’s Taxonomy is she having her students think? Circle the correct answer below.
A. Evaluating
B. Applying
C. Understanding
6) Students have been asked to read Steinbeck’s Nobel Speech and summarize it in their own words. At which level of Bloom’s
Taxonomy is she asking them to think? Circle the correct answer below.
A. Applying
B. Remembering
C. Understanding
7) Students are asked to list every possible way to brainstorm ideas for writing an essay. Then she asks them to choose the
method that best works for them individually and to defend their answers. At which level of Bloom’s Taxonomy is she
asking them to think? Circle the correct answer below.
A. Evaluating
B. Creating
C. Analyzing
8) The teacher assigned the following tasks as part of a reading lesson. Place them in order of their location on the revised
Bloom’s Taxonomy from lowest to highest.
 Place the events of the story in chronological order.
 Write a new ending for the story.
 Choose one of the story’s characters as a “best friend” and justify your choice.
 On what date did this story begin?
Circle the correct answer below.
a. 1, 2, 3, 4
b. 4, 1, 3, 2
c. 4, 1, 2, 3
d. 1, 4, 3, 2
9) A not so fantastic fact: “Benjamin Bloom discovered that over 95% of test questions that students encounter require them
to think only at the lowest possible level…the recall of information.”
In one paragraph explain why is this fact “not so fantastic”?
10) 1 Paragraph–choose of the below questions in which to respond
 If you had to go teach someone else about Bloom’s Taxonomy, how would you describe it? What would you
say? What examples would you give? How would you test their knowledge after?
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Is it important to push students to achieve higher levels of thinking and questioning in school? Give reasons
why or why not with examples.