Introducing: the NEW Bloom's Taxonomy

[VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN]

There has been a revised taxonomy developed, which is being incorporated in the new NCLEX plan. This helps explain these NCLEX revisions.

The new Bloom's cognitive domain:

REMEMBERING

Recognise, list, describe, identify retrieve, name ....

Can the student RECALL information?

UNDERSTANDING

Interpret, exemplify, summarise, infer, paraphrase .....

Can the student EXPLAIN ideas or concepts?

APPLYING

Implement, carry out, use ...

Can the student USE the new knowledge in another familiar situation?

ANALYSING

Compare, attribute, organise, deconstruct ...

Can the student DIFFERENTIATE between constituent parts?

EVALUATING

Check, critique, judge hypothesise ...

Can the student JUSTIFY a decision or course of action?

CREATING

Design, construct, plan, produce ...

Can the student GENERATE new products, ideas or ways of viewing things ?

This replaces: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. These nouns in the old taxonomy are replaced with action verbs. The objectives are also much clearer.

From the websites:

http://rite.ed.qut.edu.au/oz-teachernet/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=29

http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/bloomrev/index.htm

[purplemania, BSN, RN]

oh great, NOW I find this after I have turned in my testing project for grad school. At least it will be good info for future use and I appreciate that.