Goldilocks and the Three Bears (à la Bloom's Taxonomy)
LEVEL I - KNOWLEDGE:
- List the characters in
the story.
- Whose bed was Goldilocks
in when the bears found her?
LEVEL II - COMPREHENSION:
- Retell the events in
the story in your own words.
- Why were the bears upset
with Goldilocks?
LEVEL III - APPLICATION:
- Tell what might have
happened if Goldilocks had also made a mess.
- Retell the story from
the point of view of breaking and entering.
- Use the information from
the story, draw a model of the bears' house.
LEVEL IV - ANALYSIS:
- Compare Goldilocks' experience
with that of Little Red Riding Hood.
- Identify parts of the
story that could have happened to you.
- Make a list of all the
events in the story that indicate it is not true.
LEVEL V - SYNTHESIS:
- Suppose that Goldilocks
had found the home of the Three Skunks. What might have happened?
- What if Goldilocks had
come home and three bears were sleeping in her bed. What would she do?
LEVEL VI - EVALUATION:
- Judge whether or not
Goldilocks made a good decision by running away from the bear. Explain.
- Evaluate Goldilocks'
behavior as a guest in the bears' home.
- Pretend that Goldilocks
was on trial for "Breaking and Entering". Decide whether you would find her
guilty. Justify your decision.
QUESTIONING
FOR QUALITY THINKING: BLOOM'S COGNITIVE DOMAIN IN BRIEF
Knowledge -Identification
and recall of information
- Who, what, when,
where, how? Describe.
Comprehension - Organization
and selection of facts and ideas
- Retell in your
own words.
- What is the main
idea of ?
Application - Use of facts,
rules, and principles.
- How is an example
of ?
- How is related
to
- Why is significant?
Analysis - Separation of
a whole into component parts
- What are the parts of
features of ?
- Classify __________ according
to
- Outline/diagram/web _____
- How does _______ compare/contrast
with_______?
- What evidence can you
present for ?
Synthesis - Combination
of ideas to form a new whole
- What would you predict/infer
from ?
- What ideas can you add
to ?
- How would you create/design
a new ?
- What might happen if
you combined ____ with ___?
- What solutions would
you suggest for ?
Evaluation - Development
of options, judgements, of decisions
- Do you agree ?
- What do you think about ?
- What is the most important ?
- Prioritize ____ according
to ______.
- How would you decide
about _____ ?
- What criteria would you
use to assess _________ ?