The following three cognitive levels are based on a modified
version of Blooms taxonomy (Taxonomy of Educational Objectives,
Bloom et al., 1956). Bloom's taxonomy describes six cognitive
categories: Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis,
Synthesis, and Evaluation. For ease of classification, the six
cognitive domains have been collapsed into three. Knowledge is
defined as including those behaviours and test situations that
emphasize the remembering, either by recognition or recall, of
ideas, material, or phenomena. Incorporated at this level is
knowledge of terminology, specific facts (dates, events,
persons, etc.), conventions, classifications and categories,
criteria, methods of inquiry, principles and generalizations,
theories and structures. Understanding and Application
Understanding refers to responses that represent a comprehension
of the literal message contained in a communication. This means
that the student is able to translate, interpret or extrapolate.
Interpretation involves the reorde