Question

Mrs. Tell, a third-grade teacher, is using a taxonomy that is comprised of cognitive skills which include remembering, comprehending, synthesizing, and evaluating. Who created the taxonomy that Mrs. Tell is using?

Answer 1

Answer: Benjamin Bloom.

Explanation:

Benjamin Bloom, along with the collaboration of Walter Hill, Max Englehart, Edward Furst, and David Krathwohl, wrote Taxonomy of Educational Objectives (1956), mostly known as Bloom’s Taxonomy. It was a framework for classifying instructional goals, that has been used in K-12 and college since then.

It included six main categories (Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation).