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BARRETTS

TAXONOMY
INTRODUCTION
From The Taxonomy of the Cognitive and
Affective Dimensions of Reading
Comprehension developed by Thomas C.
Barrett (1968)
Basis level of thinking to produce particular
comprehension task outcomes
It will help students to improve the ability to
comprehend what they read

BARRETT TAXONOMY
Appreciation
Evaluation
Inferential
Comprehension
Reorganization
Literal Comprehension
2 Ways to use Barretts
Taxonomy
1. Developing purposes and questions
for guiding students reading
2. Analyse the questions presented in
reading material
1. LITERAL COMPREHENSION
Focuses on ideas and information which
are clearly stated in the selection.
A simple task in literal comprehension may
be the recognition or recall of a single fact
or incident.
A more complex task might be the
recognition or recall of a series of facts or
the sequencing of incidents in a reading
selection

1. LITERAL COMPREHENSION
i. Recognition
to locate or identify ideas or information clearly
stated in the reading selection itself or in exercises
which use the clear ideas and information presented
in the reading selection.
Recognition of Details.
Recognition of Main Ideas
Recognition of a Sequence.
Recognition of Comparison.
Recognition of Cause and Effect Relationships.
Recognition of Character Traits


EXAMPLE:
Who is the main character?
Who is Clara in the story?
What is her job?
What is the hidden motive of the villain/
antagonist character?


1. LITERAL COMPREHENSSION
ii. Recall
requires the student to produce from memory ideas
and information clearly stated in the reading
selection. Recall tasks are:
Recall of Details.
Recall of Main Ideas.
Recall of a Sequence.
Recall of Comparisons.
Recall of Cause and Effect Relationships.
Recall of Character Traits.

EXAMPLE:
What is the story all about?
How did the two become best friends?
What is the relationship between the two
characters?
How they escape from the kidnappers?
Why they mad at the reporter?
2. REORGANIZATION
Dealing with the organizing of ideas and
information explicitly
To analyze, synthesize, and/or organize ideas or
information explicitly stated in the selection.
To produce the desired thought, the student may
utilize the statements of the author or he may
paraphrase or translate the author's statements.
Reorganization tasks are:
Classifying.
0utlining.
Summarizing.
Synthesizing.
EXAMPLE:







Put each words under the proper heading:
People
Places
Things
Sherry
Books House
Downstairs friends
Zackry Window
Downtown Shirt

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