Bloom's Taxonomy

Benjamin Bloom (1956), identified three domains of educational activities (thinking and learning) and divided them into categories which can be used as a tool for measuring the goals of the learning process. The three thinking and learning domains, or categories are;

o    Cognitive: mental skills (Knowledge)

o    Affective: growth in feelings or emotional areas (Attitude)

o    Psychomotor: manual or physical skills (Skills)

To clarify or simplify, when new learning has taken place, learners will have acquired new knowledge, skills and attitude. Bloom subdivided these three learning domains in hierarchical order from the simplest learning behaviour to the most complex. In other words, learners will need to know each classified level before moving on to the next more complex level. On the whole, Bloom’s Taxonomy is a tool for measuring students’ ability of intellectual behaviour in learning.