Questions for the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
(Question Stems reprinted with permission from edupress.com, EP 729)
Following is list of each revised Bloom’s Taxonomy levels with question stems that support the learning activity on each level. Questions have been added to the stems as examples of the ways teachers could deploy questions on tests and/or quizzes. There is also a list of key words used for devising questions at each level. The question Root Stems are printed with permission from Edupress, of their EP729 Quick Flip Questions for the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Remembering:
Level 1: Most basic level of learning and questioning. “Exhibits memory of previously learned material by recalling facts, terms, basic concepts, and answers.”
Key words: choose, define, find, how, label, list, match, name, omit, recall , relate, select ,show, spell, tell, what, when, where, which, who, and why.
What is… an abstract image?
Where is…is a DSLR camera’s CCD located?
How did… Eadweard Muybridge create the illusion of a moving image?
Why does… noise occur in digital photographs?
When was… photography invented?
How would you show… the effect of depth-of-field in a photograph?
Who were the main… photographers in the Dada art movement?
Which one… of these aperture settings will yield the least depth-of-field?
How is… a proper exposure achieved?
When did… the Photo-sessession …happen?
How would you explain…what a histogram represents?
How would you describe… Afred Stiegliz’s photo, The Steerage, to someone who has not seen it?
Can you recall… the full shutter speed stops between 1/15th and 1/2000th?
Can you select… which f-stop yields the greatest depth-of-field?
Can you list… three color channels used by a DSLR to create a full color image?
Who was… Henry Fox Talbot?
Name the… magazine that pioneered the printing of color photos?
Define… exposure, shutter speed, contrast, sharpness, aperture, film speed, ISO, rule of thirds, and depth of field.
List…the chemicals that are used in developing film/ paper?
How long… did it take Nicephore Niepce to expose “View from the Window at Le Gras”?
Understanding
Level 2: “Demonstrate understanding of facts and ideas by organizing, comparing, translating, interpreting, categorizing, giving descriptions, stating main ideas.”
Key Words: describe, outline, discuss, compare, classify, contrast, demonstrate, explain, extend, illustrate, infer, interpret, relate, rephrase, show, summarize, and translate.
How would you classify… the different careers available for a photographer?
How would you compare and contrast… photo collage and montage and the photographers who work ?
State in your own words… the relationship between painting and photography. Talk about ways the disciplines have
overlapped, in what ways are they differ? How did they influence each other?
Rephrase the meaning… of the term, “contemporary photography”.
What facts or ideas show… how photography was disputed as a legitimate art form?
What is the main idea of… the zone system?
Summarize… post WWII photography in the U.S. and the styles that emerged at that time.
Which Statements support… the objective analysis of photographs in critique?
Explain what is happening… after light enters the camera’s lens.
What is meant… by the term “postmodern photography”?
What can you say about… pictorialism in photography?
Which is the best answer… for ways to light a portrait?
How would you summarize… the impact George Eastman had on photography?
Applying
Level 3: “Solve problems to new situations by applying acquired knowledge, facts, techniques, and rules in a different way.”
Key Words: Interpret, choose, apply, build, construct, develop, experiment, identify, interview, make use of, model, organize, plan, select, solve, and utilize
How would you use… a camera as a tool for communicating?
What examples can you find to… support the rule of thirds as a compositional template?
How would you solve… the exposure problem of photographing white objects in a white environment …using what you have
learned?
How would you organize… a distribution chart representing pixel exposures …to show… analytical details about the overall
exposure of an image?
How would you show your understanding of… the way ISO, shutter speed, and aperture work together to create a well exposed
image?
What approach would you use to… write a critique of a given photograph?
How would you apply what you have learned to develop… a personal style in photography?
What other way would you plan to… photograph a landscape at night?
What would result if… you make photographs with a camera that is completely automatic?
Can you make use of the facts to… talk about a photograph based solely on what you see?
What elements would you choose to change… in a photograph you feel is compositionally unsuccessful?
What facts would you select to show… the characteristic style of Richard Avedon’s portraits?
What questions would you ask in an interview with… Robert Mapplethorpe, Aaron Siskind, Jerry Uelsmann,
Edward Weston, Lewis Carroll, or Joel Peter Witkin?
Analyzing
Level 4: “Examine and break information into parts by identifying motives or causes. Make inferences and find evidence to support generalizations.” Students are asked to reach conclusions.
Key Words: Analyze, conclusion, simplify, distinguish, survey, assume, categorize, classify, compare, contrast, discover, dissect, divide, examine, function, inference, inspect, list, motive, relationships, take part in, test for, and theme.
What are the parts of… this image and how do those parts visually relate to each other?
How is… the image …related to… the life of the photographer?
Why do you think… this image is visually successful?
What is the theme… behind Dorothea Lange’s FSA photography from 1935-1944?
What motive is there… behind the ways photography is used to influence your decisions?
Can you list the parts… in the process of critiquing a photograph?
What inference can you make… about Fine Art Photographers?
What conclusions can you draw… about the ways photography is used to influence you?
How would you classify… the wide range of motivations behind why people make photos?
How would you categorize… all the career fields of photography?
Can you identify… which contemporary photographers made which of these images?
What evidence can you find… for the ways photography has contributed to your life?
What is the relationship… between digital and film-based photography?
Can you distinguish between… a Calotype and a Daguerreotype and analyze their differences?
What is the function of… the light sensitive chip in a digital camera? Provide an analysis of the process.
What ideas justify… the use of extensive digital editing on portraits?
Evaluating
Level 5: “Present and defend opinions by making judgments about information, validity of ideas, or quality of work based on a set of criteria.”
Key Words: Agree, appraise, assess, award, choose, compare, conclude, criteria, criticize, decide, deduct, defend, determine, disprove, dispute, estimate, evaluate, explain, importance, influence, interpret, judge, justify, measure, opinion, perceive, prioritize, prove, rate, recommend, select, support, and value.
Do you agree with the actions… of photojournalists like Robert Haeberle that document human tragedy without intervening?
What is your opinion of… the use of stock photography as a source for photographic imagery?
How would you prove/disprove... that the government had great cause to cut NEA funding due to Andres Serrano’s
photography?
Assess the value /importance of... fine art photography in the 21st century
Would it be better if …photographers still used film as a primary means of making images?
What would you recommend… as a strategy for reading and understanding Roland Barthes?
How would you rate the… ideas about photography in Susan Sontag’s book, “On Photography”?
What would you cite to defend the actions …?
How could you determine… the intended meaning in a photograph, based on narrativity?
What choices… do you make about what you will and won’t photograph?
How would you prioritize… the tones from black to white in an image you want to portray a sense of mystery?
What judgment can you make… about how photographs were historically used in criminology and eugenics?
Based on what you know, how would you explain… the popularity of cell phone photography?
What information would you use to support the view… that Diane Arbus’ work speaks about gender?
How would you justify… photographers such as Irina Ionesco and Sally Mann who photograph their children in
controversial ways?
What data was used to make the conclusion… that Ansel Adams approached his printing process from the perspective of a classical
pianist?
How would you compare… the concept of allegory with photomontage?
(Question Stems reprinted with permission from edupress.com, EP 729)
Following is list of each revised Bloom’s Taxonomy levels with question stems that support the learning activity on each level. Questions have been added to the stems as examples of the ways teachers could deploy questions on tests and/or quizzes. There is also a list of key words used for devising questions at each level. The question Root Stems are printed with permission from Edupress, of their EP729 Quick Flip Questions for the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Remembering:
Level 1: Most basic level of learning and questioning. “Exhibits memory of previously learned material by recalling facts, terms, basic concepts, and answers.”
Key words: choose, define, find, how, label, list, match, name, omit, recall , relate, select ,show, spell, tell, what, when, where, which, who, and why.
What is… an abstract image?
Where is…is a DSLR camera’s CCD located?
How did… Eadweard Muybridge create the illusion of a moving image?
Why does… noise occur in digital photographs?
When was… photography invented?
How would you show… the effect of depth-of-field in a photograph?
Who were the main… photographers in the Dada art movement?
Which one… of these aperture settings will yield the least depth-of-field?
How is… a proper exposure achieved?
When did… the Photo-sessession …happen?
How would you explain…what a histogram represents?
How would you describe… Afred Stiegliz’s photo, The Steerage, to someone who has not seen it?
Can you recall… the full shutter speed stops between 1/15th and 1/2000th?
Can you select… which f-stop yields the greatest depth-of-field?
Can you list… three color channels used by a DSLR to create a full color image?
Who was… Henry Fox Talbot?
Name the… magazine that pioneered the printing of color photos?
Define… exposure, shutter speed, contrast, sharpness, aperture, film speed, ISO, rule of thirds, and depth of field.
List…the chemicals that are used in developing film/ paper?
How long… did it take Nicephore Niepce to expose “View from the Window at Le Gras”?
Understanding
Level 2: “Demonstrate understanding of facts and ideas by organizing, comparing, translating, interpreting, categorizing, giving descriptions, stating main ideas.”
Key Words: describe, outline, discuss, compare, classify, contrast, demonstrate, explain, extend, illustrate, infer, interpret, relate, rephrase, show, summarize, and translate.
How would you classify… the different careers available for a photographer?
How would you compare and contrast… photo collage and montage and the photographers who work ?
State in your own words… the relationship between painting and photography. Talk about ways the disciplines have
overlapped, in what ways are they differ? How did they influence each other?
Rephrase the meaning… of the term, “contemporary photography”.
What facts or ideas show… how photography was disputed as a legitimate art form?
What is the main idea of… the zone system?
Summarize… post WWII photography in the U.S. and the styles that emerged at that time.
Which Statements support… the objective analysis of photographs in critique?
Explain what is happening… after light enters the camera’s lens.
What is meant… by the term “postmodern photography”?
What can you say about… pictorialism in photography?
Which is the best answer… for ways to light a portrait?
How would you summarize… the impact George Eastman had on photography?
Applying
Level 3: “Solve problems to new situations by applying acquired knowledge, facts, techniques, and rules in a different way.”
Key Words: Interpret, choose, apply, build, construct, develop, experiment, identify, interview, make use of, model, organize, plan, select, solve, and utilize
How would you use… a camera as a tool for communicating?
What examples can you find to… support the rule of thirds as a compositional template?
How would you solve… the exposure problem of photographing white objects in a white environment …using what you have
learned?
How would you organize… a distribution chart representing pixel exposures …to show… analytical details about the overall
exposure of an image?
How would you show your understanding of… the way ISO, shutter speed, and aperture work together to create a well exposed
image?
What approach would you use to… write a critique of a given photograph?
How would you apply what you have learned to develop… a personal style in photography?
What other way would you plan to… photograph a landscape at night?
What would result if… you make photographs with a camera that is completely automatic?
Can you make use of the facts to… talk about a photograph based solely on what you see?
What elements would you choose to change… in a photograph you feel is compositionally unsuccessful?
What facts would you select to show… the characteristic style of Richard Avedon’s portraits?
What questions would you ask in an interview with… Robert Mapplethorpe, Aaron Siskind, Jerry Uelsmann,
Edward Weston, Lewis Carroll, or Joel Peter Witkin?
Analyzing
Level 4: “Examine and break information into parts by identifying motives or causes. Make inferences and find evidence to support generalizations.” Students are asked to reach conclusions.
Key Words: Analyze, conclusion, simplify, distinguish, survey, assume, categorize, classify, compare, contrast, discover, dissect, divide, examine, function, inference, inspect, list, motive, relationships, take part in, test for, and theme.
What are the parts of… this image and how do those parts visually relate to each other?
How is… the image …related to… the life of the photographer?
Why do you think… this image is visually successful?
What is the theme… behind Dorothea Lange’s FSA photography from 1935-1944?
What motive is there… behind the ways photography is used to influence your decisions?
Can you list the parts… in the process of critiquing a photograph?
What inference can you make… about Fine Art Photographers?
What conclusions can you draw… about the ways photography is used to influence you?
How would you classify… the wide range of motivations behind why people make photos?
How would you categorize… all the career fields of photography?
Can you identify… which contemporary photographers made which of these images?
What evidence can you find… for the ways photography has contributed to your life?
What is the relationship… between digital and film-based photography?
Can you distinguish between… a Calotype and a Daguerreotype and analyze their differences?
What is the function of… the light sensitive chip in a digital camera? Provide an analysis of the process.
What ideas justify… the use of extensive digital editing on portraits?
Evaluating
Level 5: “Present and defend opinions by making judgments about information, validity of ideas, or quality of work based on a set of criteria.”
Key Words: Agree, appraise, assess, award, choose, compare, conclude, criteria, criticize, decide, deduct, defend, determine, disprove, dispute, estimate, evaluate, explain, importance, influence, interpret, judge, justify, measure, opinion, perceive, prioritize, prove, rate, recommend, select, support, and value.
Do you agree with the actions… of photojournalists like Robert Haeberle that document human tragedy without intervening?
What is your opinion of… the use of stock photography as a source for photographic imagery?
How would you prove/disprove... that the government had great cause to cut NEA funding due to Andres Serrano’s
photography?
Assess the value /importance of... fine art photography in the 21st century
Would it be better if …photographers still used film as a primary means of making images?
What would you recommend… as a strategy for reading and understanding Roland Barthes?
How would you rate the… ideas about photography in Susan Sontag’s book, “On Photography”?
What would you cite to defend the actions …?
How could you determine… the intended meaning in a photograph, based on narrativity?
What choices… do you make about what you will and won’t photograph?
How would you prioritize… the tones from black to white in an image you want to portray a sense of mystery?
What judgment can you make… about how photographs were historically used in criminology and eugenics?
Based on what you know, how would you explain… the popularity of cell phone photography?
What information would you use to support the view… that Diane Arbus’ work speaks about gender?
How would you justify… photographers such as Irina Ionesco and Sally Mann who photograph their children in
controversial ways?
What data was used to make the conclusion… that Ansel Adams approached his printing process from the perspective of a classical
pianist?
How would you compare… the concept of allegory with photomontage?