There are six cognitive domains in Blooms Taxonomy; they are knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis and Evaluation. The above levels are arranged in a certain order which affects the thinking of the students most. Teachers should plan their lesson in this order to make the students to think high level.
The levels are meant start at the Knowledge level
before progressing to the Comprehension level and so on. The levels at the
bottom are considered to be the easiest levels. Some may even argue that most
teachers teach to the bottom levels, that is recall of information,
comprehending information and applying information. (Patsalides,
n.d)
Domains of Blooms Taxonomy
Blooms Taxonomy is compile of major three domains
and many different sub domains under each major domain. The major three domains
are:
Cognitive:
mental skills (Knowledge)
Affective:
growth in feelings or emotional areas (Attitude)
Psychomotor: manual or physical skills (Skills)
