Editing Middendorf’s Revised Bloom’s Typology

'''Joan Middendorf's revision of Bloom's Typology''' applies [[wikipedia:Bloom's_taxonomy|Bloom's Taxonomy]] to [[Decoding the Disciplines]] in order to classify different types of [[mental moves]].<ref>Middendorf, J., & Shopkow, L. (2017). ''[[Overcoming Student Learning Bottlenecks|Overcoming student learning bottlenecks: Decode the critical thinking of your discipline]]''. Stylus Publishing, LLC.</ref> “What kind of thinking is this in regards to Bloom’s typology? Is it remembering, paraphrasing, applying, analyzing, evaluating, or creating? Bloom’s typology differentiate the functions of various mental moves (MIddendorf & Mondelli, in press).
[[File:Inverted pyramid of Bloom's Typology.png|alt=inverted pyramid listing types of thinking in order of difficulty|thumb|Middendorf's version of Bloom's typology (Hall & Johnson, 1994)]]

== Creating ==
Combining elements to form a new, original entity.
* '''Verbs to Use:''' synthesize, create, combine, plan, design, produce, compile, develop, compose, modify, organize, reconstruct
* '''Hospital Analogy:''' Designing a new hospital for our city.
* '''Analogy:''' “Imagine you wake up to find you are a sponge. Describe visually your adventures during the day.” - Roy Ascott’s Groundcourse

==Evaluating==
Making judgments based on criteria or standards.

*'''Verbs to Use:''' judge, evaluate, conclude, contrast, develop criteria, appraise, criticize,  support, decide, compare
*'''Hospital Analogy:''' Judging the quality of my care in the hospital.
*'''Analogy:''' Judging a Olympic skiing events, downhill race versus freestyle.

==Analyzing==
Breaking material into constituent parts and determine how parts relate to one another and to an overall structure.

*'''Verbs to Use:''' analyze, debate, differentiate, generalize, conclude, organize, breakdown, dissect, diagram, relate
*'''Hospital Analogy:''' Investigating charges on my hospital bill.
*'''Analogy:''' Taking apart a  computer and examining the insides down to the microchips.

==Applying==
Using procedures to perform tasks or solve problems in new, but similar situations. 

*'''Verbs to Use:''' demonstrate, apply, use, solve, choose appropriate procedures, modify, produce,  construct
* '''Hospital Analogy:''' Using procedures for admittance, blood draws, etc.
* '''Analogy:''' Filling out one’s tax forms.

==Understanding==
Integrating new materials into existing schema and explaining it in own words.

*'''Verbs to Use:''' explain, interpret, illustrate, describe, summarize, expand, convert, measure,  defend, paraphrase, rewrite, comprehend
*'''Hospital Analogy:''' Explaining     directions to the local hospital.
* '''Analogy:''' Describing how to make an  elevator pitch in your own words.

==Remembering==
Recalling or recognizing information from memory.

*'''Verbs to Use:''' list, tell,  define, identify, label, locate, recognize, describe, match, name,     outline, reproduce, state
*'''Hospital Analogy:''' Memorizing  the local hospital’s address.
*'''Analogy:''' Memorizing a phone  number.

== References ==
<references />Middendorf, J., & Mondelli, V. (in press.) “Flash Decoding with analogies and game mechanics: Alternatives to the Decoding interview.” Transformative Dialogues: Teaching and Learning Journal.

Hall, C. & Johnson, A. (1994) Module A5: Planning a Test or Examination. In B. Imrie & C. Hall, Assessment of Student Performance. Wellington, New Zealand: University Teaching Development Centre, Victoria University of Wellington.