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Unlocking the Power of Thinking

Thinking skills can be improved if Bloom's Taxonomy is adopted as pedagogy in classrooms. Learning should extend beyond just addressing the cognitive domain.

Schools and colleges worldwide are following Bloom's Taxonomy as pedagogy in classrooms, while some have transitioned to Revised Bloom's Taxonomy. At the base of Bloom's Taxonomy pyramid is Remember (Knowledge in the old taxonomy). However, the emphasis in learning hasn't gone beyond the first level and strengthened the Understand, Apply, Analyze, and Evaluate levels so that thinking skills are developed in students. The heavy curriculum load is said to be one reason teachers are not able to imp...

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