As educators and instructional designers, we use Bloom’s Taxonomy when teaching and designing instruction within the cognitive domain. We use Krathwhol and Bloom’s Affective Taxonomy when teaching and designing instruction within the affective domain. But, what about those times when we are teaching and designing instruction for skill-based learning? That’s when Dave’s Psychomotor Taxonomy comes in… Continue reading Dave’s Psychomotor Taxonomy
Most educators are familiar with Bloom’s Taxonomy, which focuses mostly on the cognitive domain of learning and knowledge-based objectives and outcomes. But, there is often more to learning than obtaining knowledge. Three domains of learning: Cognitive (Knowledge) Psychomotor (Skills) Affective (Attitudes/Values) What is the Affective Domain Taxonomy? Includes learner behaviors indicating attitudes, awareness, attention, concern,… Continue reading Krathwohl and Bloom’s Affective Taxonomy
The most recent blog post, Writing Effective Learning Objectives, introduced the concept of starting with the end in mind. Identifying the desired level of learning is one way to start at the end. Selecting a verb to indicate the desired level(s) of learning is an important part of writing learning objectives. Bloom’s taxonomy can be a useful tool… Continue reading Bloom’s Taxonomy
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