The New Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

It′s been more than 50 years since Benjamin Bloom published his Taxonomy of Educational Objectives and Bloom′s taxonomy is one of the most widely known and used models in education. While still useful, Bloom′s taxonomy doesn′t represent the most current research on the nature of knowledge and cognition, nor does it reflect the movement to standards-based education. Marzano′s taxonomy is based on three domains of knowledge (information, mental procedures, and psychomotor procedures) and six levels of processing (Retrieval, comprehension, analysis, knowledge utilization, metacognitive, and self-system). Marzano′s taxonomy has many uses, including; Designing and classifying educational objectives Designing assessments Redesigning state and district-level standards Designing curriculum Designing a thinking skills curriculum This groundbreaking book is essential reading for directors of curriculum and instruction, directors of staff development, principals, and teachers.

Table of Contents:
Preface About the Authors 1. The Need for a Revision of Bloom′s Taxonomy 2. The Knowledge Domains 3. The Three Systems of Thinking 4. The New Taxonomy and the Three Knowledge Domains 5. The New Taxonomy as a Framework for Objectives, Assessments, and State Standards 6. The New Taxonomy as a Framework for Curriculum and Thinking Skills Epilogue References Index

About the Author :
Robert J. Marzano is senior scholar at Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) in Aurora, Colorado, associate professor at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and president of Marzano & Associates in Centennial, Colorado. He is the author of 25 books, 150 articles and chapters in books, and 100 sets of curriculum materials for teachers and students in Grades K–12. His works include What Works in Schools: Translating Research Into Action, School Leadership That Works, Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement, Classroom Management That Works, Classroom Instruction That Works, Classroom Assessment and Grading That Work, and A Different Kind of Classroom: Teaching With Dimensions of Learning. During his 35 years in public education, Marzano has worked in every state multiple times as well as in a host of countries in Europe and Asia. The central theme in his work has been translating research and theory into practical programs and tools for K–12 teachers and administrators. John S. Kendall is a senior director in research at McREL, where he directs a technical assistance unit that develops and provides standards-related services for schools, districts, states, and other organizations. An internationally recognized expert in the development and improvement of standards for education, Kendall has consulted for more than 50 school districts and 14 state departments of education as well as education agencies in the U.S. territories and abroad. He has authored or coauthored six books and more than 30 monographs, technical studies, and articles published by American School Board Journal, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, and National Association of School Boards, among others. He received his undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Kendall’s current research and technical assistance efforts include working with clients to establish performance standards for the classroom, developing standards for principals, and identifying the knowledge and skills that help students learn.

Review :
"Provides educators with a crisp, new lens to re-examine thinking and learning. Motivation and metacognition, two critical components, are now strategically and meaningfully integrated in a new taxonomy. This revised hierarchy takes us beyond Bloom toward a better understanding of educational theory and practice." "Marzano′s Taxonomy will be of immediate and lasting use to curriculum developers, researchers, preparers of teachers and leaders, and practitioners involved in all aspects of standards-based learning. Timely, clearly written, easy to follow, and filled with strong examples and connections to Bloom′s Taxonomy." "Educational leaders wishing to infuse greater complexity, rigor and substance into the curriculum will immerse themselves in The New Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. The beneficiaries will be teachers who will reach beyond their current achievements and students who will develop the intellectual prowess required to master the intricacies, dichotomies, and ambiguities of life in the 21st and 22nd centuries." "Profound in its insights and challenging in its implications, Marzano′s Taxonomy will influence teaching, assessment, and accountability in every school. The authors force us to confront the gulf between current standards and testing regimes and the opportunity for sustained learning for which the Marzano′s Taxonomy will be the framework." "A masterful synthesis, incorporating extensive analysis of state and national content standards with insights from cognitive psychology to produce a more contemporary educational schema. Like a new version of computer software, Marzano′s Taxonomy offers a significant upgrade to the classic work of Benjamin Bloom and his colleagues." "Provides fresh ideas and a set of ′thinking protocols′ to help us remember that a primary focus in education must be to develop the mental abilities of our students." "A potent tool for designing educational objectives, developing assessments, making state standards more useful to teachers and students, designing curriculum, and formulating a thinking skills curriculum." "Marzano and Kendall provide the necessary ingredients to help fulfill the rhetoric that all kids can learn—and at a high level of thinking! This book informs work on standards at the state and local levels and provides clear examples to assist teachers in their curriculum and assessment design work." "Offers the field of education a well researched, well developed theory of curriculum design and assessment. Guidelines for expanding and extending student learning far surpass previous books of its kind." "A pioneering approach to critical and higher order thinking skills with implications for designing educational objectives, framing curricula design, and implementing national standards and assessments. To prepare elementary and secondary school teachers for teaching a thinking-based curriculum, this book should be part of every undergraduate and graduate teaching program across the country." "Marzano′s Taxonomy skillfully advances the concepts, categories, and conversations related to educational objectives, and equips learners and teachers with an interconnected and comprehensive design for processing and expressing thoughts, words, and actions." "Marzano and Kendall provide a critical, theoretically consistent overview of educational objectives with detailed examples of assessment frameworks that bring the ′new′ taxonomy to life. The focus on curriculum design that embeds rigorous assessment is a helpful contribution to a new generation of educators challenged to implement content standards for student learning." "Useful not only for teachers in addressing objectives, standards, and classroom assessment, but also for other educators as they formulate objectives, develop strategies, and determine the knowledge necessary to improve the educational system in general." "Marzano and Kendall provide a clear, practical model for educators to follow when developing objectives, assessments, and lessons to improve student achievement. Teachers, teacher leaders, curriculum specialists, and administrators will all find this new taxonomy an essential resource!" "Fully reflects the impressive advancements in the last few decades. Marzano′s Taxonomy provides educators with a practical tool to improve the effectiveness of their teaching and their students′ learning by helping educators more explicitly frame educational objectives and assessment, use state standards, and design general and thinking-skills curricula." "A clearly practical model that becomes a very powerful tool for educators. The concept sizzles with innovation." "Rich and theory-based, incorporating what we have learned about knowledge, thinking, and cognition in the last 50 years. Also quite practical, demonstrating how this new taxonomy can be used as a framework for standards, assessments, and curriculum." "Marzano and Kendall haven′t simply revised Bloom′s Taxonomy. They have forged a thoroughly researched groundwork for numerous educational uses." "Provides clear examples of how the new taxonomy helps educators develop a common language and framework to connect standards with specific rubrics and techniques that teachers can use to help their students reach for mastery." "This text is astoundingly important. A serious must-read for understanding global issues in developing educational objectives." "Presents material in a manner that seduces readers to want to read on and gather more data so that they can understand and apply the new taxonomies." "A real contribution to the field of education. Provides a well-defined platform for making critical learning skills the basis of skilled-based instruction." "Offers the field of education a well-researched, well-developed theory of curriculum design and assessment. Here is a practical model that becomes a powerful tool for educators; it will enhance the effectiveness of teaching and deepen the learning of students." "As professional learning communities try to look at new ideas, this volume requires more than a passing glance or reference. It is certain to challenge your ideas about education."