The Role of Bloom in Teaching

Week 2 Articles:
     The models, strategies, and methods for assessment are extremely elaborate. Different models of  The different strategies are direct, interactive, independent, experimental, and indirect. These different strategies are very specific learning methods. I found this chart to be extremely helpful in explaining itself. I was a tad confused when I first looked at the diagram/model; however, I think that it was very well-thought out. I found this article to be informative. 

     The article "What is Social Studies?" was kind of boring. I have always found that Social Studies as a whole to be not necessary. I believe that Social Studies is just a game of memorization and that has never been a strong point in my school career. I found that this article addressed that students now learn throughout all of the primary and secondary grades, but the emphasis is primary on the core subjects (literacy and mathematics). Also, this article discusses that the purposes of Social Studies are to "promote civic competence, and it is to integrative, incorporating many fields of endeavor" (National Council for the Social Studies, 2010). The importance of promoting civic competence is the knowledge of a citizen. I feel hat these topics are important but they are not a hundred percent necessary for the younger students. The purpose of integrative incorporating many fields of endeavor is the purpose of history. I understand why at one point in time this would be important for students to understand; however, it is important to make sure students understand how to read and complete mathematical problems before understanding the branches of government and how to be a good "citizen." 

     The National Council for Social Studies standards were interesting but I think they were age appropriate. Most of these standards for the primary grades were similar to each other. I think this is important that these standards are similar because as I said in the above paragraph, the students are not able to process a lot of information as well as learn how to read. When students are struggling with learning sight words it is unfathomable to have students learn the different areas of Social Studies. I love that these standards are more focused on general ideas of understanding communities or geography because these are basic concepts that are appropriate for young students. 

     The article on Deep and Fragile Knowledge was interesting. I liked that they mention that just because a student tests well doesn't mean that they know the information. They may not understand the deep knowledge of the learning. "Insert knowledge allows students to remember information when testes, but does not give them the ability to apply I outside of the classroom" (Perkins, 2003). I think this statement to be utterly true. Just because a student can take a test and score well doesn't mean they can apply the knowledge in other academic areas. As well as, just because a student doesn't score well on a test doesn't mean that they cannot apply the knowledge in other academic areas. I agree with Dvid Perkins, as he says in the article, that deep understanding is a theory of being able to explain, apply, and process the knowledge that has been taught. By having students do the things that demonstrate deep knowledge will show the teachers/professors of that the students have moved from fragile knowledge to deep understanding. 

     What is Understanding? A Deeper Look was an article that was similar to Deep and Fragile Knowledge . Both of the authors of these articles made the same points. They both addressed the fact that students understand when they do. To reproduce it is a skill that all teachers look at understanding. However, I think that this article addresses the fact that, as students we may not understand everything, but we adapt our understandings enough to be able to get our point across. This point can be communicated through a lesson, an essay, or a presentation. 

     The article "Powerful Teaching and Learning" was a great read. I think that, as the authors nation, it is important to have public commitment and time. As I mentioned in the second paragraph, it hard to find time for Social Studies as well as the other main areas of academics. It should be the focus of your lesson to converse the main focus of the lesson, not just trying to get through the lesson. A way to change this is to make the lesson main ideas related to the students interests or fun, active activities. It is important to to create at school. 
     Bloom's Taxonomy was big article/reading. I love that the article broke Bloom's taxonomy down into the six skills of human thinking. Pulling out knowledge is a question that is asking "how many" or "when." To pull out comprehension having the students "explain" or "interpret." Application is by applying previous learned information to a new situation by using the word "apply." Analysis is breaking information into parts by asking "what are the differences?" Synthesis is applying prior skills to combine elements by using "create." Last, evaluation through assessing students knowledge. I loved that the website had printable and vocabulary words that could be useful for all teachers. I especially like the printout of Bloom's Taxonomy Verbs because they are gong to be helpful for lesson planning that is coming up. My favorite resource was the third resource "How to Use Bloom's Taxonomy in the Classroom." This was my favorite because it provided tons of resources for using Bloom's Taxonomy in the classroom. The website explained it so that all types of learners would be able to understand it. The "22 Way to use Bloom's Taxonomy with Twitter" was also extremely creative, especially for students in todays age. This poster is just beyond creative and appealing to me, so I can imagine that it would be for students as well. The next resource that involved Pinterest was cool, and I followed the Pinterest Blog that involved Bloom's Taxonomy.  I though that the quiz that was required was a bit hard, I felt that there should have been an article containing that information. Having the information on the quiz and then to be tested about it made it kind of difficult to answer questions on it. I believe that Bloom had a huge impact on teaching. His thought process is one that most teachers love and use today. Even if they unknowingly use it they probably do somewhere throughout the year.