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Week 4 Reflection






In week four of class, we discussed a lot about Bloom's Taxonomy and Depths of Knowledge as well as how we can incorporate these into the classroom. When it comes to Bloom's taxonomy and depth of knowledge it is very important to us as teachers because we are going to use it every day when planning our lessons. Depth of knowledge is not hierarchal more so is organized by rigor. On the other hand, Bloom's taxonomy is Hierarchal. For example, you will need to remember something before you try to understand it. While these have their differences they also co-align when it comes to planning lessons. For example, it acts as a "steppingstone' so as you go higher in Bloom's taxonomy the more rigorous the activity is in the Depth of Knowledge. Overall, blooms taxonomy gives you the verb for the objective but at that level of DOK, it gives you activities to measure that objective. In my future classroom, I would use it in the exact same way as explained because it will allow me to set standards for my students that are appropriate for them but also challenging. For example, when planning my lessons, I would use Bloom's taxonomy to pick an action verb for the objective then from there I would use the DOK to assess or plan activities based on whatever level my action verb came from. 


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  1. Asti BrestenskySeptember 20, 2022 at 7:45 AM

    Hi Taylor! I liked how you added how they co-align with each other. I also thought the same while learning these this week! I also liked how you talked about picking an action verb and then using that action verb for an activity!

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