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What would happen if you were to flip Bloom's Taxonomy, if you were to start with the most complex skills at the base and move to the least complex? Shelley Wright raises this issue stating "Many teachers in many classrooms spend the majority of their time in the basement of the taxonomy, never really addressing or developing the higher order thinking skills that kids need to develop. We end up with rote and boring classrooms. Rote and boring curriculum. Much of today’s standardized testing rigorously tests the basement, further anchoring the focus of learning at the bottom steps, which is not beneficial for our students." She then goes on to ask if this "creates the impresson that there is a scarcity of creativity..."
An article that is sure to have you questioning your thoughts on Bloom's Taxonomy and perhaps change the way you teach in your classroom.
