What are the levels of thinking as defined in the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy

Levels (LOT) The learner … Answer the question? Common verbs use
makes use of Can you use the Implementing, carrying out,
information in a information in using, executing
Applying context different from another familiar
the one in which it was situation?
learned
grasps the meaning of Can you explain Interpreting, exemplifying,
information by ideas or concepts? summarizing, inferring,
Understanding interpreting and paraphrasing, classifying,
translating what has comparing, explaining
been learned
recall, restate and Can you recall Recognizing, listing,
remember learned information? describing, identifying,
Remembering
information. retrieving, naming, locating,
finding
What are the levels of thinking as defined in the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy?

Levels (HOT) The learner … Answer the question? Common verbs use
Creating creates new ideas and Can you generate new Designing, constructing,
information using what products, ideas, or planning, inventing,
has been previously ways of viewing devising, making
learned. things?
Evaluating makes decisions based Can you justify a Checking, hypothesizing,
on in-depth reflection, decision or course of critiquing, experimenting,
criticism and action? judging, testing, detecting,
assessment. monitoring
Analyzing breaks learned Can you break Comparing, organizing,
information into its parts information into parts deconstructing, attributing,
to best understand that to explore outlining, finding,
information understanding and structuring, integrating
relationships?
Relating Levels of Thinking from RBT with KUD

Note: K U D is use in unpacking the learning standards by classifying learning

competencies and performance standards as Knowing, Understanding
and Doing (was introduced in Summer 2016 INSET)

KUD Classification Levels of Thinking (RBT)

Doing Creating (Can you generate new products, ideas, or ways of viewing things?)

Evaluating (Can you justify a decision or course of action?)

Analyzing (Can you break information into parts to explore understanding and relationships?)
Understanding

Applying (Can you use the information in another familiar situation?)

Understanding (Can you explain ideas or concepts?)

Knowing
Remembering (Can you recall information?)
Third Step to Consider in Implementing the Curriculum Guide

What Teaching Strategies are Appropriate in Developing

the Levels of Thinking?

Enabling General teaching strategies can be considered

(was introduced in Summer 2016 INSET)

• Problem Solving (Doing Math/Doing Task …)

• Reasoning and Proof (Making Sense)
• Communication (Discussing or Writing about one’s thinking)
• Connections (to other mathematical ideas, to other discipline)
• Representation (modelling, writing …)
Relating General Enabling Teaching Strategies with Levels of Thinking and K U D Classification

Enabling General Strategy to Develop

KUD Classification Thinking Skills (RBT)
Thinking Skills
Creating (Can you generate new products, ideas, or ways of Problem Solving (Doing Math, doing task)
Doing viewing things?)

Evaluating (Can you justify a decision or course of action?) Reasoning and Proof (Making Sense)

Analyzing (Can you break information into parts to explore Communication (Discussing or Writing
Understanding understanding and relationships?) about one’s thinking)

Applying (Can you use the information in another familiar Connections (to other mathematical
situation?) ideas, to other discipline)

Understanding (Can you explain ideas or

concepts?)
Knowing Representation (Modelling, writing …)
Remembering (Can you recall information?)
Relating General Enabling Teaching Strategies with Levels of Thinking and K U D Classification

KUD Enabling General Strategy to

Thinking Skills (RBT) Teaching Strategies
Classification Develop Thinking Skills
Creating (Can you generate new products, ideas, Problem Solving (Doing Math, doing task)
Doing or ways of viewing things?)

Evaluating (Can you justify a decision or course Reasoning and Proof (Making Sense)
of action?)

Analyzing (Can you break information into parts Communication (Discussing or Writing
Understanding to explore understanding and about one’s thinking)
relationships?)

Applying (Can you use the information in another Connections (to other mathematical
familiar situation?) ideas, to other discipline)

Understanding (Can you explain ideas or

concepts?)
Knowing Representation (Modelling, writing …)
Remembering (Can you recall information?)
Putting Together the Levels of Thinking to
Assess, Enabling Teaching Strategies and
KUD Classification Sample
Some
Levels of
Assessment Enabling General Appropriated
KUD Thinking to Type of
Question shall Teaching Specific
Classification Assess Question
require … Strategy Teaching
(RBT Level(s))
Strategy(ies)

Ten-two
Selected Narrow
Strategy
Knowing response (MC, Fill in the
Understanding Representation
(QA) Pre- Blanks,
Remembering Background
determined Matching, True
Knowledge
Answer or False
Probe
Putting Together the Levels of Thinking to
Assess, Enabling Teaching Strategies and Sample
KUD Classification
Levels of Assessment
Enabling General Some Appropriated
KUD Thinking to Question Type of
Teaching Specific Teaching
Classification Assess shall require Question
Strategy Strategy(ies)
(RBT Level(s)) …

Reasoning & Question & Answer

Proof Pairs, Focused
Listing, Two Column
Method
Understanding Evaluating Open- Ice Breakers,
Constructed
(WW) Analyzing ended Think/Pair/Share,
response
Applying (Essay) Communication rite/Pair/Share,
Student Summaries

Corners, Two Column

Connection Method
Putting Together the Levels of Thinking to
Assess, Enabling Teaching Strategies and Sample
KUD Classification

Enabling Some
Thinking Skills Assessment
KUD Type of General Appropriated
to Assess Question shall
Classification Question Teaching Specific Teaching
(RBT Level(s)) require …
Strategy Strategy(ies)

Demonstrated One Minute

Practical/
transfer of Problem Paper/Free Write
Doing Scenario-based
Creating learning in a solving
(PT) (Performance Scenarios/Case
real-life
task, Portfolio) Studies
situation