Summary of chapter 13 (CRCB)

Summary of Chapter 13 (CRCB)
Reading beyond the Words
Bloom’s Taxonomy of knowledge helps teachers to use as curriculum guide and assessment tool. They are in pyramid structure. The first one is knowledge. The word clues for it are define, describe, label, list, match, reproduce, select and state. After knowledge level is comprehension level which helps to develop conclusion or make predictions about knowledge we gain. The word clues for it are convert, defend, explain, infer, summarize, recruit, distinguish and predict.
Application level of think comes after comprehension level. It requires to solve problems by selecting and utilizing the appropriate concepts, principle or theories. The word clues are change, compute, demonstrate, discover, etc. Similarly after application level comes analysis level. The word clues are breakdown, differentiate, discriminate, infer, outline, etc. Synthesis level of thinking helps to combine the discrete item to a big. The word clues used for it are categorize, write, relate, reconstruct, design, etc. The upper level of thinking is evaluation which is a process of making a value judgment. The word clues for it are justify, support, appraise, judge and conclude.