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Psychomotor and Affective Taxonomies

Psychomotor and Affective Taxonomies

Bloom’s Taxonomy covers thinking. Two more taxonomies cover the other learning domains: Simpson’s for psychomotor skills, and Krathwohl’s for attitudes and dispositions. Together with Bloom, they give teachers the tools to plan complete lessons that develop students in all three domains.

Simpson's Psychomotor Taxonomy
Seven levels from perception to origination, with examples from sports, writing, and music
Krathwohl's Affective Taxonomy
Five levels from receiving information to characterization in life
Using Taxonomies as Planning Tools
How taxonomies shape lesson objectives, classroom questions, and assessment design
Planning Across the Three Learning Domains
Bloom, Simpson, and Krathwohl together: cognitive, psychomotor, and affective in one lesson
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EvaluationSimpson's Taxonomy