Bloom's Taxonomy
This level focuses on recalling facts and basic concepts.
What is Remembering?
This theorist focused on stages of cognitive development like concrete and formal operational stages.
Who is Jean Piaget?
A measurable statement describing what students should learn.
What is a Learning Objective?
Questions with one correct answer, often yes/no or factual.
What are Closed-ended questions?
TEKS stands for this.
What are Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills?
This level requires students to explain ideas or concepts in their own words.
What is Understanding?
This theorist introduced the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD).
Who is Lev Vygotsky?
A tool used to evaluate student work based on criteria.
What is a Rubric?
Questions that require explanation, reasoning, or elaboration.
What are Open-ended questions?
TEKS are used to guide this in the classroom.
What is Curriculum and instruction?
This level asks students to break information into parts and examine relationships.
What is Analyzing?
This theorist created the hierarchy of needs pyramid.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
Ongoing checks for understanding during instruction.
What is Formative Assessment?
The strategy of waiting after asking a question to allow thinking time.
What is Wait Time?
A plan that includes objectives, activities, and assessments.
What is a Lesson Plan?
This level involves making judgments based on criteria or standards.
What is Evaluating?
his theorist focused on psychosocial development across the lifespan.
Who is Erik Erikson?
Instruction tailored to meet individual student needs.
What is Differentiation?
Asking follow-up questions to deepen student thinking.
What is Probing?
The “You Do” portion allows students to do this independently
What is Independent Practice?
This is the highest level where students create something new or original.
What is Creating?
This theorist is known for behaviorism and reinforcement.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
Matching instruction, activities, and assessments to objectives.
What is Alignment?
Questions aligned to higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
What are Higher-order questions?
The “We Do” portion involves this type of learning.
What is Guided Practice?