How Do You Create Course Objectives Using Blooms Taxonomy?
A course objective is what the student should be able to do upon completion of the course. A good objective will match the academic level of the course and will clearly state what is expected of the student. There are six levels of thinking, according to Benjamin Bloom, who developed the concept of higher order thinking levels in 1956. Those levels (lowest to highest) are Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation. Each level of thinking should be considered when creating the learning objectives or outcomes of a course. Start with the course itself. Is it a lower level course (freshman or sophmore)? Or is it a higher level course (junior or senior)? The level of thinking required in a lower level course would naturally be somewhat lower on the taxonomy than the thinking skills required for the higher level courses. Each level on the taxonomy comes with a set of verbs that describe the kind of thinking for that level. You can find the Blooms Taxonomy pyra
