Bloom's Taxonomy for Learning Objectives by Karen

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Bloom's Taxonomy for Learning Objectives

Published on Mar 14, 2016

This Haiku Deck is a guide for writing and/or reviewing learning objectives. It uses Bloom's Taxonomy Revised as a framework and the SMART principles of writing objectives.

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Bloom's Taxonomy

Learning Objectives & Target Thinking

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What is a learning objective

supposed to do?

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When writing or reviewing learning objectives...

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Think SMART

How do you get SMART?

Know your learners

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Specific

Does the objective establish an expectation for something the learner should know or be able to do?

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Measurable

Can you assess the learner's performance of the objective?

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Achievable

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Does the objective ask learners

to recite what they know?

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Does the objective ask learners

to learn something new?

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Does the objective connect to a course goal?

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Or is it an add-on?

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Targeted & Time-bound

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How good a fit to the course goal is this objective?

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Can it be achieved within the time allotted?

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OK. So, what should we look for?

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Look for the targeted cognitive engagement of the learner

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In other words: What kind of thinking should the learners be doing?

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This brings us to Bloom's Taxonomy

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Does the objective seek to determine...

What the learner already knows?

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Does the objective ask the learner...

to demonstrate understanding?

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Does the objective ask the learner to...

APPLY KNOWLEDGE?

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Does the objective ask the learner to...

ANALYZE something?

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Does the objective ask the learner to...

EVALUATE something?

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Does the objective ask the learner to...

SYNTHESIZE what they've learned?

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Does the objective ask the learner to...

CREATE something new?

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To be SMART...

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We then want to ask...

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Does the objective communicate accurately

what we want learners to know or do?

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Is that what we want the learners

to know or do?

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Is it too much to expect

these learners to know or do this right now?

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Is the activity going to help the learners

achieve the objective?

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Bloom's Taxonomy is the key

to writing and reviewing learning objectives

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Verbs are the Key to

Applying Bloom's Taxonomy

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Karen Spear Ellinwood, PhD, JD

Director, Faculty Instructional Development

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FID.medicine.arizona.edu

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Karen Spear Ellinwood

Haiku Deck Pro User

http://fid.medicine.arizona.edu

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