I recently revamped my Understanding and Using Bloom’s Taxonomy to Improve Instructional Practice website to include the revised version of Bloom’s taxonomy. Bloom’s original taxonomy (developed in the 1950’s) divided the way people learn into three domains: cognitive, affective, and psychomotor. In the 1990’s Lorin Anderson, a former student of Bloom revised the original cognitive domain. The original Bloom’s taxonomy is still relevant, but under the new revisions the six major categories of the cognitive domain were changed from noun to verb format and some subcategories were reorganized.

The revised taxonomy is preferred by some educators as a more authentic tool for curriculum planning, instructional delivery, and assessment. Many educators also believe that the newer taxonomy is more applicable to all levels of schooling and better aligned to the 21st Century Skills we are seeking to instill in our students. In an effort to address the needs of all educators, I have included information on this site that will give you an opportunity to work with the original cognitive categories as well as the revised cognitive domain categories.

I developed this online tool as a quick guide for educators as they develop learning objectives and assignments. Enjoy!