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Introduction and Objectives Bloom’s Taxonomy

Intermediate Bloom’s Taxonomy

Mattox Beckman

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Engineering

Introduction and Objectives Bloom’s Taxonomy

Objectives

When we are done today, who will be able to... ◮ make a damage control plan for a failed exam ◮ demonstrate “best practices” in creating learning objectives by

◮ critiquing a set of learning objectives ◮ evaluating two “unusual” situations where Bloom’s Taxonomy could be used.

Introduction and Objectives Bloom’s Taxonomy

Introduction and Objectives Bloom’s Taxonomy

What would you do?

You are a TA for a medium sized class. Your primary responsibility is holding offjce hours, and writing and grading exams. Shortly after the fjrst exam was handed back, an angry student came into your offjce hours. “This exam was totally unfair!” You assumed at fjrst the student simply failed to study, since the exam topics matched the lecture topics, but student after student comes in with the same complaint. ◮ What kinds of things might have gone wrong to cause this to happen? ◮ How do you think the TA should handle this now?

Introduction and Objectives Bloom’s Taxonomy

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Creating Evaluating Analyzing Applying Understanding Remembering

Introduction and Objectives Bloom’s Taxonomy

Bloom’s Taxonomy — Low Level

1 — Remembering Memorize and repeat facts. Do not use class time for this! 2 — Understanding Demonstrate understanding of facts. “Explain in your own words...” 3 — Applying Apply information to a new problem. “Solve this integral.”

Introduction and Objectives Bloom’s Taxonomy

High Level

4 — Analyzing Solving complex problems, interpreting data What is the difgerence between this and level 3? 5 — Evaluating Making judgments 6 — Creating Building something new

Introduction and Objectives Bloom’s Taxonomy

Refresher Examples

• 1. The students will measure the heat transfer characteristics of

parallel and counter fmow heat exchangers. Using the effjciency vs load data, they will be able to determine which heat exchanger is suitable for a given application.

• 2. List properties that are desired in Pseudo Random Number

Generators. How would you categorize these examples!

Introduction and Objectives Bloom’s Taxonomy

Intermediate application: Fixing the Exam

Suppose the lecture slides on random number generators had these

• bjectives.
• 1. Enumerate the properties of random number generators:

1.1 Uniformity: (random number equally probable within its range) 1.2 Independence: (current value of random number does not afgect future values)

The professor asks you to proofread the exam, and even change questions if necessary. You see this question: ◮ Examine the source code of the following two random number generators, and select which version is the best. Justify your answer. What would you do?

Introduction and Objectives Bloom’s Taxonomy

Intermediate application: Autograders

The Engineering, er, *Grainger* College of Engineering is very large, and likely to grow more. Many courses have started using systems like Prairielearn to handle grading of exams. How can we autograde questions that are in the mid to upper end of the scale?

Introduction and Objectives Bloom’s Taxonomy

Intermediate application: Offjce Hours

It’s easy to use Blooms when writing assignments or lectures. What if your main role is to give offjce hours? What are some ways to use Blooms Taxonomy to make your offjce hours more efgective?

Introduction and Objectives Bloom’s Taxonomy

By the way...

You answered these questions: ◮ (Fixed an exam question....) ◮ The Engineering, er, *Grainger* College of Engineering is very large, and likely to grow more. Many courses have started using systems like Prairielearn to handle grading of exams. How can we autograde questions that are in the mid to upper end of the scale? ◮ It’s easy to use Blooms when writing assignments or lectures. What if your main role is to give offjce hours? What are some ways to use Blooms Taxonomy to make your offjce hours more efgective?

Introduction and Objectives Bloom’s Taxonomy

Homework for 2 Credit Students

For a course you have taken or are presently teaching: ◮ Write two learning objectives for each of

◮ the course as a whole, and ◮ one individual lecture.

◮ Explain why you chose these learning objectives.

Introduction and Objectives Bloom’s Taxonomy

Objectives

When we are done today, who will be able to... ◮ make a damage control plan for a failed exam ◮ demonstrate “best practices” in creating learning objectives by

◮ critiquing a set of learning objectives ◮ evaluating two “unusual” situations where Bloom’s Taxonomy could be used.