Section 2 Question 3 Bloom's Taxonomy (Definitions and Examples)

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Remember

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Retrieving, recognizing, and recalling relevant knowledge from long‐term memory.

Examples: Who is responsible for deciding the boys’ punishment?

Who is Professor McGonnigall?

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Understand

Back

Understanding what facts mean. Constructing meaning from oral, written, and graphic messages through interpreting, exemplifying, classifying, summarizing, inferring, comparing, and explaining.

Examples:
How did Snape feel?

Why did Snape look as though Christmas had been cancelled?

Explain in your own words why Harry wished he was still being beaten by the Whomping Willow.

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Apply

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Applying the facts, rules, concepts, and ideas. Carrying out or using a procedure for executing, or implementing.

Examples:

If you were McGonnigall, what would you do?

How would you have reacted if you were Harry/Dumbledore/Snape/McGonnigall?

Have you ever broken the rules; if so, what happened to you?

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Analyze

Back

Breaking down information into component parts. Determining how the parts relate to one another and to an overall structure or purpose through differentiating, organizing, and attributing.

Examples: What evidence can you find in the text that…?

What words tell you that Dumbledore was upset?

Why would it have been better if Dumbledore had shouted at Harry?

Why do you think Snape wanted the boys to be punished?

Why do you think Dumbledore wanted McGonnigall to decide on a punishment?

How do you think the boys felt when Dumbledore said McGonnigall would decide their punishments?

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Evaluate

(Definition and example)

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Judging the value of information or ideas. Making judgments based on criteria and standards through checking and critiquing.

Examples:

Do you agree with Dumbledore’s treatment of the boys? Explain your answer.

What is your view of Snape?

Give arguments for and against the treatment of the boys.

Based on this extract, how would you describe Dumbledore’s character?

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Create
(Definition and examples)

Back

Combining parts to make a new whole. Putting elements together to form a coherent or functional whole; reorganizing elements into a new pattern or structure through generating, planning, or producing.

Examples:
Create a character description (of one of the characters).

Devise questions to ask the characters to justify their actions.

What punishment should McGonnigall give the boys?

Predict what Snape/McGonnigall will do next.

What would have happened if Snape decided their punishment?