Comments on: The greatest university of all http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/12/14/the-greatest-university-of-all/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:55:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Norm Garrett http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/12/14/the-greatest-university-of-all/#comment-29998 Norm Garrett Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:16:43 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/12/14/the-greatest-university-of-all/#comment-29998 Wes, In my opinion, this book completely updates and replaces Bloom's Taxonomy and should be required reading for all teachers. The complete reference is: Anderson, Lorin, Krathwohl, David, et. al., "A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives." New York: Longman, 2001. The authors use a two-dimensional model that greatly assists instructors in the alignment of teaching and assessment. The pyramid you show in your post is only one dimension of the taxonomy. For a complete look at the table, see this page on my website: http://edprogress.org/edprogress/convergence.htm The book is practical and designed to be useful in practice, not just in theory. It has plenty of examples from different disciplines and serves as a wonderful guidebook to the often frustrating task of engaging students in higher level thinking activities. Norm Garrett Wes,

In my opinion, this book completely updates and replaces Bloom’s Taxonomy and should be required reading for all teachers. The complete reference is:

Anderson, Lorin, Krathwohl, David, et. al., “A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives.” New York: Longman, 2001.

The authors use a two-dimensional model that greatly assists instructors in the alignment of teaching and assessment. The pyramid you show in your post is only one dimension of the taxonomy. For a complete look at the table, see this page on my website:

http://edprogress.org/edprogress/convergence.htm

The book is practical and designed to be useful in practice, not just in theory. It has plenty of examples from different disciplines and serves as a wonderful guidebook to the often frustrating task of engaging students in higher level thinking activities.

Norm Garrett

]]> By: Diane Quirk http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/12/14/the-greatest-university-of-all/#comment-29997 Diane Quirk Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:57:05 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/12/14/the-greatest-university-of-all/#comment-29997 What a perfect update to Bloom's taxonomy. In the 21st century, it's the most logical update I can think of although the graphic at the bottom of the page showing some possible products related to Create don't even begin to address what's possible with the kinds of technology tools we now have available. If only our teachers felt they had the time to let our kids truly use their learning in creative ways, the kids would be the kinds of learners that we really want them to be - they would be empowered. What a perfect update to Bloom’s taxonomy. In the 21st century, it’s the most logical update I can think of although the graphic at the bottom of the page showing some possible products related to Create don’t even begin to address what’s possible with the kinds of technology tools we now have available. If only our teachers felt they had the time to let our kids truly use their learning in creative ways, the kids would be the kinds of learners that we really want them to be - they would be empowered.

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