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Reach the World and Critical Thinking
Technology literacy, global education
and higher-order thinking skills are prerequisites for success
in today's world. Through Reach the World, we want students
not only to learn about the world, but also to think critically
about the world.
· Bloom’s
Taxonomy
In the 1950s Benjamin
Bloom developed a classification hierarchy for types of knowledge.
This hierarchy, known as Bloom’s Taxonomy, provides
a model for how to guide students toward higher-order thinking
and understanding. Research shows that when students engage
with the subject matter at higher cognitive levels, they have
a more lasting memory of what they learn and are more able
to transfer those cognitive skills to other areas. Bloom’s hierarchy
is based on six levels of cognition that increase in difficulty
and complexity, from basic knowledge of a specific fact (the
first level) to evaluative judgment of a concept (the sixth).
While instruction must always start at the lower levels, we
hope that Reach the World will help students move to higher
levels of thinking.
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY |
| Cognitive Level |
Definition |
Example |
| (1) Knowledge - write, list, label, name, state, define |
Restating
information the way it was taught.
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Name
three geographical features in Belize. |
| (2) Comprehension – explain, summarize, paraphrase, describe, illustrate |
Interpreting
and translating concepts and ideas from someone else’s
definition into your own. | Describe
the characteristics of three geographical features in Belize. |
(3) Application -
use, compute, solve, demonstrate, apply, construct |
Apply
definitions, formulas, and principles to real world problem. | Construct
a model of Belize that includes its geographical features. |
(4) Analysis –
analyze, categorize, compare, contrast, separate |
Breaking
complex information into component parts and seeing how those
parts are interrelated. | Draw
conclusions about how the geography of Belize influences the
way people live. |
(5) Synthesis –
create, design, hypothesize, invent, develop |
Building
a more complex result from a set of components. |
What would happen to life in Belize if its environment were damaged or destroyed? |
(6) Evaluation –
judge, recommend, critique, justify |
Judging
something against a standard of quality. |
How could the people of Belize better adapt to and interact with their environment? |
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