Bloom's Taxonomy Questions and Answers

Answer: C

The question that requires analysis is How does the author use symbolism in "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

In Bloom's taxonomy, analysis means breaking material into parts and examining how they work together. Explaining how symbols function in a novel requires the student to identify them and work out what they contribute to meaning.

Asking for the plot or the protagonist tests recall of facts, the lowest level. Asking for the theme is mainly comprehension, stating what the novel is about, rather than examining how the author achieves it.

Answer: C

Attitudes and values belong to the affective domain.

In Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives, the cognitive domain covers knowledge and thinking, the affective domain covers feelings, interests, attitudes and values (Krathwohl's receiving, responding, valuing, organisation, characterisation), and the psychomotor domain covers physical and manipulative skills.

'Knowledge domain' is the lowest level of the cognitive domain, not a separate domain for attitudes.

Answer: A

The psycho motor domain of Bloom's taxonomy, the domain of skills, includes the levels of imitation, manipulation, precision, articulation and naturalisation. Comprehension is a level of the cognitive domain. The answer is comprehension, option A.

The five levels named are Dave's list for the psychomotor domain, and comprehension is the second level of the cognitive domain, which runs from knowledge to evaluation.