Bloom’s Taxonomy: Bloom's Taxonomy of learning has resigned as one of the most influential pedagogical concepts for the design of school curricula until today. It is considered as a hierarchical model that categorizes learning objectives into varying levels of complexity, from basic knowledge and comprehension to advanced evaluation and creation. It was formulated by Benjamin Bloom and his colleagues. This Taxonomy attempted to break away from behaviorist theories as well as learning via remembering by promoting higher-order thinking skills such as analyzing, synthesizing and evaluating concepts. It also includes the cognitive (knowledge-based), affective (emotive-based), and psychomotor (action-based). Within each domain, learning can take place at several levels ranging from simple to complex. After the initial cognitive domain was created, which is primarily used in the classroom setting, psychologists have devised additional taxonomies to explain affective (emotional) and p...
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