Bloom’s Taxonomy Table – Case Study

Bloom categories

Learning objective verbs

Activity

Knowledge

(recall, list, define, identify, collect, label)

Comprehension

(summarize, describe interpret, predict, discuss)

Application

(apply, demonstrate, illustrate, classify, experiment, discover)

Analysis

(analyze, classify, connect, explain, infer)

Analyze; explore; write; share Students will be given scenarios to analyze. Each scenario is designed

not only to provoke a discussion of ethics and decision-making, but also to help them begin to explore the issues involved in journalism decisions. Students will be asked to work in small groups to discuss the scenario and to consider a number of solutions. What might be the different ways of handling the situation? They will be asked to consider who the ethical stakeholders might be in each scenario.

Then each student must write their solution and share it with the class.

Synthesis

(combine, integrate, plan, create, design, formulate)

Analyze and discuss; write;explore After viewing the film, students will analyze and discuss the role of thejournalist in times of war. Who controls the way the news is reported? Is it possible for the news reports to not promote bias and polarize public opinion.

Students will write an informative essay that explores this issue.

Evaluation

(assess, recommend, convince, compare, conclude, summarize)

Explain; (decide & justify) Do you agree with David Brock’s assertion that false and wrong information is really a significant problem for democracy? Explain.

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