Blooms Taxonomy
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Anderson and Krathwohl’s Taxonomy
Anderson and Krathwohl’s Taxonomy Before starting discussion on new taxonomy, let us have a look at original Bloom’s Taxonomy. In Bloom’s taxonomy, there were 6 categories under cognitive domain i.e. Knowledge , Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation. Except Application, all other 5 main categories were further divided into subcategories. It was a hierarchical structure where categories were arranged from simple to complex and concrete to abstract. It was assumed that attainment of one category is a prerequisite for next category KNOWLEDGE Science Teaching-Learning · Knowledge of specifics · Knowledge of terminology · Knowledge of specific facts · Knowledge of ways and means of dealing with specifics · Knowledge of conventions · Knowledge of trends and sequences · Knowledge of classifications and categories · Knowledge of criteria · Knowledge