Question

Which of the following is an example of higher-order of cognitive learning outcome?

• A. Learning of facts and their sequences
• B. Learning roles and action sequences
• C. Learning of concepts and abstractions
• D. Learning of awareness and valuing

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Learning of concepts and abstractions

Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

• He has adopted a three-dimensional division of Learning experiences which are classified into three domains, that is, Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor. (knowing, feeling, doing: Head, -Heart, Hand).

• According to Bloom, learning of concepts and abstractions involves a higher order of cognitive learning outcome such as constructing, formulating, investigating, etc. whereas learning of facts and sequences, learning roles and action sequences and learning of awareness and valuing makes use of the lower/basic order of the cognitive learning outcome, as understood from the figure given below: