Bloom's Taxonomy

Cognitive taxonomy is based on the idea that cognitive operations can be classified into the six levels of increasing complexity. What this taxonomic theory has, is that each level depends on the ability of the student to perform at the level of the previous levels. For example, the ability to evaluate. The highest level of cognitive taxonomy is based on the assumption that the student, in order to be able to evaluate, has to have the necessary information, to understand that information, to be able to apply it, to analyze it, to synthesize it and, finally, Of quality. Taxonomy is not a mere classification scheme, but an attempt to hierarchically order cognitive processes.

KNOWLEDGE: Implies knowledge of specific facts and knowledge of ways and means to deal with them, knowledge of the universal and the specific abstractions of a given field of knowledge. They are, in general, elements that must be memorized.

UNDERSTANDING: Understanding compression involves the simplest aspect of understanding, which consists in grasping the direct meaning of a communication or a phenomenon, such as the understanding of a written or oral order, or the perception of what happened in any particular event .

APPLICATION: Knowledge of application is what concerns the interrelationship of principles and generalizations with particular or practical cases.

ANALYSIS: Analysis involves the division of a whole into its parts and the perception of the meaning of the same in relation to the whole. The analysis includes the analysis of elements, relationships, etc.

Synthesis: Synthesis concerns the verification of the union of the elements that form a whole. It may consist of the production of a communication, a plan of operations, or the derivation of a series of abstract relations.

EVALUATION: This type of knowledge includes a critical attitude to the facts. The evaluation may be related to judgments relative to internal evidence and judgments relative to external evidence.