Bloom’s Taxonomy of Cognitive Objectives is a framework that was first introduced in 1956 by an educational psychologist named Benjamin Bloom, along with collaborators Max Englehart, Edward Furst, Walter Hill, and David Krathwohl. The taxonomy was developed as a means of categorizing educational goals and objectives in order to better understand and facilitate learning and assessment. The taxonomy is traditionally presented as a hierarchical model of cognitive skills that can be used by educators to design curriculum and by students to approach learning in a structured way. The original Bloom’s Taxonomy is divided into six major cognitive levels, arranged from the simplest to the most complex: Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation. The lowest level, Knowledge, involves the recall of facts, concepts, and information. Comprehension is the understanding of the meaning and translation of what has been learned. Application refers to using the acquired knowledge in new and concrete situations. Analysis involves breaking down information into […]