Bloom'sTaxonomyisaframeworkforcategorizingeducationalgoalsandobjectives.Itwascreatedin1956byBenjaminBloomandhiscolleaguestopromotehigherformsofthinkingineducation,suchasanalyzingandevaluating,ratherthanjustrememberingfacts.Thetaxonomyisstructuredasahierarchywithsixlevels:Knowledge,Comprehension,Application,Analysis,Synthesis,andEvaluation.In2001,itwasrevisedtouseverbsinsteadofnounsforthecategories,becoming:Remembering,Understanding,Applying,Analyzing,Evaluating,andCreating.EducatorsuseBloom'sTaxonomytodesigncurriculum,assessments,andteachingstrategiesthatencouragecriticalthinkinganddeeperlearning.Thetaxonomyhelpsensurethatinstructiontargetsarangeofcognitiveskills,frombasicrecalltocomplexproblem-solvingandcreativity.
