Transcript Classroom Discourse and Bloom’s Taxonomy

Class 3:
Classroom Discourse and
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Objective:
At the end of class you should be
able to recognize and define a
question or instructional activity as
it relates to the hierarchical
learning levels as defined in
Bloom’s taxonomy.
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Thought Ignition
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Polar bears around
an Ice Hole
(A lesson on Physics)
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Classroom Discourse
The term classroom discourse refers to the language
that teachers and students use to communicate with
each other in the classroom. Talking, or conversation, is
the medium through which most teaching takes place,
so the study of classroom discourse is the study of the
process of face-to-face classroom teaching.
Sounds like
last week’s
lesson!
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Reflection:
univocal (closed) vs dialogic (open)
P
(plus)
M
(minus)
I (interesting)
Student
Teacher
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Benjamin Bloom,
a psychologist, identified the kinds
of thinking humans do. He created
a TAXONOMY (a classification) of
the different levels of thinking our
brains can engage in.
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Bloom’s Taxonomy
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Judging , criticizing or reviewing according to a criteria.
Creating something that wasn’t there before.
Breaking down your understanding into parts. Figuring
out how to use your knowledge to solve problems.
Applying your knowledge.
Understanding of what you know.
What you know.
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May be clearer to think in terms of 3 levels of
thinking:
1. Facts
(Knowledge, Comprehension)
2. Interpretation
(Application and Analysis)
3. Conclusion
(Synthesis and Evaluation)
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Little Red
Riding Bloom
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Galileo and the leaning
tower of Pisa
Folklore has it that Galileo, in
his long running argument
with the Aristotelians,
demonstrated his ideas on
gravity by dropping two
different sized rock from the
Leaning Tower in Pisa.
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20 minute conversation with Jim
Go to your Cornell Google calendar and schedule in a 20 minute slot to sit and
have a chat with me. The conversation may include the following topics:
• What do you think of the seminar so far?
• What is your level of interest in teaching Physics?
• How is your TA experience going?
• Tell me a bit about a teacher that was an important influence in your life.
• What led you to Cornell?
• From the floor…
Enter your name in the time slot when you schedule so I know who I will be talking to.
This conversation will not affect your grade in the seminar.
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