Discuss the Bloom's taxonomy and its application to learning.

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Bloom's taxonomy describes three categories of learning, that is, cognitive domain, affective domain and psychomotor domain.

Cognitive domain involves knowledge and intellectual development and it has the following structure:
(i). Knowledge. It is the ability of a learner to recall of information, e.g. reciting a poem.
(ii) Comprehension. The ability of a learner to understand the meaning and interpret in his/her own words, for example, translating an equation into a computer spreadsheet.
(iii) Application. Ability of a learner to apply what was learnt into real life situation, e.g. mixing chemicals at different molarities to create a new compound.
(iv) Analysis. Involves learners separating concepts into parts so that it is organisational, e.g. gathering information from different books and selecting the content that is necessary.
(v) Synthesis. Involves learners putting parts together to form a whole, e.g. connecting electric apparatus to light a bulb.
(vi) Evaluation. Involves learners making judgments, e.g. a learner may criticize or justify a new concept.

Affective domain deals with how we deal with things emotionally and has the following structure:
(i) Receiving phenomena. Involves selected attention or willingness to hear, e.g. a learner's willingness to listen to the teacher.
(ii) Responding to phenomena. Involves active participation on the side of the learner such as in group discussions and following school rules.
(iii) Valuing the worth a learner attaches to a particular behavior, e.g. a learner may fail to understand about thunderstorm since they believe it is a fight between God and the devil.
(iv) Organisation. Involves organizing values into priorities, e.g. a learner who values computers is likely to enroll into an IT course.
(v) Internalizing values. These are value systems that controls a learner's behavior, e.g self-reliance of a learner.

Psychomotor domain includes physical movements, coordination and use of motor skill areas. It has the following structure:
(i) Perception. Learner's ability to use sensory cues to guide motor activities, e.g. stirring a mixture while adding more liquid simultaneously.
(ii) Set. It is the readiness to act, e.g. a learner who is motivated is always willing and ready to learn.
(iii) Guided response. It is the learner's early stage of learning complex skills by trial and error, e.g. performing a complex mathematical equation.
(iv) Mechanism. A response becomes habitual and can be performed with confidence, e.g. sucking a chemical using a pipette in a chemistry lab.
(v) Complex overt response. It is the proficiency of the learner in performing complex activities without hesitation.
(vi) Adaptation. Involves modifying movement patterns in order to meet special requirements.
(vii) Originality. Involves creating a new movement patterns to fit in special requirements.

Mwalimu Bonface answered the question on March 30, 2020 at 20:54

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