What level of Bloom's Taxonomy did you experience most in you schooling (secondary or post secondary)? Why do you think that was so?
In my secondary experience the level of Bloom's Taxonomy I experienced most was in the cognitive level (knowledge based).
In the majority of my classes we were asked to just simply recall information. Never did we have to use some type of practical experience to display our knowledge.
Most of the tests an exams were definition based or multiple choice. There was no application part of the material even in math (all the tests were true false and multiple choice - so they could just run it through a machine for grading).
I think this was so because it was easier for the teachers. None of my teachers really tried new techniques within teaching and I really believe this hurt me when I went to college.
I really believe that they did what was easy and refused to reach out and try to be different.
I think they fell into a thought process that if they did not take chances then they really had nothing to worry about, and no one would notice them.
Some teachers believe that if you can stay under the radar you have less to worry about.
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In many ways, I had similar experiences - so many basic recall questions, scantrons galore! They certainly are easier to grade as I now know from personal experiences. I still use a lot of scantrons in my assessing, but I try to ask questions that go beyond simple facts. And I get to the higher levels more with projects and presentations...
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that most of the tests were multiple choice or true and false. I also agree with the fact that it was an extra amount of work for teachers to build activities that were on the higher level of the scale. Most of my experiences sound familiar.
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