Bloom's Taxonomy Part 2: Understanding

This is the second in a series of six posts dedicated to Bloom’s Taxonomy: Teaching Higher Order Thinking Skills with Interactive Online Content. The first post on remembering can be viewed here.

Level Two: Understand

This level includes the skills of explaining, predicting, restating, discussing, outlining and comparing. These activities go one step beyond basic skill building by requiring students to demonstrate comprehension of a concept.

Here are two examples of online activities for understanding:

K-2 Give the Dog a Bone

Students demonstrate their understanding of the number line and skip counting by identifying the correct square hiding the given number.

3-6 Complete the Pattern

Students use their knowledge of patterns to complete a given pattern. They can choose from three levels of difficulty.

To learn about more activities for understanding and to discover resources for remembering, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating, sign up for StarrMatica’s free Webinars: Bloom’s Taxonomy for K-2 and Bloom’s Taxonomy for 3-6: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER