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BriAnn Seagraves
We all know that every student learns in different ways. I personally learn better
in an open classroom discussion type of learning. I do not learn from PowerPoints and words on
a board. I need discussion time and I also need to see and feel what I’m learning. Although I
learn one way, I plan to integrate all learning theory's in my classroom by introducing the topic
in several different ways. For example, I may administer a short lecture then move to an online
game or virtual descriptive quiz/game, then do an open classroom discussion and a hands-
and remembering the information to the fullest. Throughout this post I am going to explain
Bloom’s level of Taxonomy; Dr Benjamin Bloom developed his learning theory in 1956.
He wanted to create a high level of understanding and thinking in students. Thus, by creating his
levels of Taxonomy he was able to encourage things like evaluation, analyzing, applying and
creating instead of just memorization. You may recognize this as the Blooms Learning Pyramid.
Most every time you search for this you will find a pyramid shape filled with the words (from
pyramid is reflecting the levels of thinking and learning. This in Blooms opinion is the best way
for a student to learn a topic. I do like this form of thinking and learning. I find it to be very
effective and the students tend to respond well to this. I know most of all my
teachers implemented this in some way in their classroom, so I am very familiar with this
pyramid. Bloom’s levels are good all-around for students by, promoting creativity, deeper
thinking and understanding, analyzing their work and applying what they have learned in their
lives. I feel in a lot of aspects in their life they use these levels without even realizing it.
At first, I remember being a bit confused when this was first given to me as a student. As I
have aged, I have noticed how much Bloom’s levels have truly helped me in my educational
career.
Gagne’s nine events of instruction. While Bloom focused more on the intake the students
are retaining and receiving. Gagne focused more on the instructor. 1.Gain attention of the
students. 2. Inform students of the objectives. 3. Stimulate recall of prior learning. 4. Present the
8. Assess performance. 9. Enhance retention and transfer to the job. Gagne definitely had more
steps then Bloom! Gagne really was trying to promote the instructor to engage, inform, evaluate,
understand, enhance, evaluate, create. He promoted Blooms Levels but on a teacher side of
learning. These levels create an engaging and meaningful lesson and classroom. It also creates an
environment for deeper thinking and that promotes the students to think deeper causing them to
ask deeper questions and understand the lesson on a deeper level. I especially like number 7,
providing feedback is essential. The students need the feedback they need to know they are being
evaluated and need to know what to improve on. Also, they need the positive feedback or
To me it looks as if both of these concepts go hand in hand. They are very similar
however they are different in who they are for; teachers vs students. I think it is very important
as a teacher to reflect and use Gagne’s levels of instruction as well as enforcing Bloom’s levels.
Bloom’s levels stimulate the students to think and learn and even speak and ask questions
differently. I was a tutor for a year and I implemented Bloom’s levels during group interactions.
The students were encouraged to engage and help each other with their problems
and implementing Bloom’s really benefitted the depth to the questions they were asking their
peers along with how they responded. By the end of the year the students had
grown especially in the way they were thinking. As an instructor I personally like Gagne’s
levels. I know implementing them for myself will benefit me as well as my students. Because if I
am doing the best I can and everything I can then my students are least likely to fail in my
classroom.
My Citations:
Nwlink.com. (2018). Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains: The Cognitive Domain. [online]
Available at: http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html [Accessed 11 Oct.
2018].