Assessment in

Secondary Social
Studies

Michael P. Vale
COGNITIVE
 BLOOM (1913-1999)
• A Jewish-American educational
psychologist who formulated keywords for
the Cognitive taxonomy of Objectives
 BEHAVIORAL KEYWORDS FOR
COGNITIVE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
LEARNING LEVEL THINKING ORDER CATEGORY BEHAVIORAL
KEYWORD
INFERIOR LOWER REMEMBERING Recall, define,
(Recalling the describe, identify,
perceived data and label, list, match,
information) outline, recall,
recognize,
reproduce, select,
state
INFERIOR LOWER UNDERSTANDING Understand,
(Understanding the comprehend,
meaning, convert, distinguish,
translation, estimate, explain,
interpolation, and extend, generalize,
instruction of infer, interpret,
problems) paraphrase, predict,
summarize
 BEHAVIORAL KEYWORDS FOR
COGNITIVE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
LEARNING LEVEL THINKING ORDER CATEGORY BEHAVIORAL
KEYWORD
MODERATE LOWER APPLYING Apply, change,
(Using concept in a compute, construct,
new situation and demonstrate,
novel situations in discover,
the work place) manipulate, modify,
operate, predict,
produce, show,
resolve
MODERATE HIGHER ANALYZING Analyze, break
(Separating down, compare,
materials or contrast, diagram,
concepts into deconstruct,
component parts differentiate,
resulting to a well discriminate,
understood structure distinguish,
of organization) illustrate, relate,
 BEHAVIORAL KEYWORDS FOR
COGNITIVE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
LEARNING LEVEL THINKING ORDER CATEGORY BEHAVIORAL
KEYWORD
SUPERIOR HIGHER EVALUATING Evaluate, appraise,
(Making judgments conclude, criticize,
about the value of justify, synthesize,
information and support
materials)
SUPERIOR HIGHER CREATING Create, categorize,
(Building a structure combine, compile,
of pattern from compose, devise,
diverse elements design, generate,
and puts parts modify, organize,
together to form a plan, revise,
whole aimed at reconstruct,
producing new rearrange
meaning or
structure)
AFFECTIVE
 KRATHWOHL (1964)
• Famous advocate of the affective
taxonomy of learning.
 BEHAVIORAL KEYWORDS FOR
AFFECTIVE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
LEARNING LEVEL THINKING ORDER CATEGORY BEHAVIORAL
KEYWORD
INFERIOR LOWER RECEIVING Ask, choose,
(Becoming aware of describe, follow,
or sensitive to give, hold, identify,
information, material locate, name, point
or phenomena and to, select, use,
willingness to erect, reply
tolerate them)
MODERATE LOWER RESPONDING Answer, assist, aid,
(Committing to comply, conform,
some little degrees discuss, greet, help,
of information, label, perform,
material or practice, present,
phenomena with read, recite, report,
limited favorable select, tell, write
action on them)
 BEHAVIORAL KEYWORDS FOR
AFFECTIVE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
LEARNING LEVEL THINKING ORDER CATEGORY BEHAVIORAL
KEYWORD
MODERATE LOWER VALUING Complete,
(Willing to show to demonstrate,
others the valued differentiate,
ideas, materials or explain, follow, form,
phenomena with initiate, invite, join,
increased justify, propose,
commitment on read, report, select,
them) share, study, work
MODERATE HIGHER ORGANIZING Adhere, alter,
(Relating the newly arrange, combine,
acquired values with compare, complete,
those of the defend, explain,
previous and formulate,
harmonizing them to generalize, identify,
form a philosophy in integrate, modify,
life) order, organize,
 BEHAVIORAL KEYWORDS FOR
AFFECTIVE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
LEARNING LEVEL THINKING ORDER CATEGORY BEHAVIORAL
KEYWORD
SUPERIOR HIGHER CHARACTERIZING Act, discriminate,
(Overtly acting display, influence,
consistently with the listen, modify,
organized and perform, practice,
internalized set of propose, qualify,
values and question, revise,
formulated serve, solve, verify
philosophy)
PSYCHOMOTOR
 SIMPSON (1972)
• Advanced that learning in the psychomotor
domain includes physical movement and
application of motor-skill coordination with
the elements of speed, precision, distance,
procedure and technique execution.
 SIMPSON STAGES OF
PSYCHOMOTOR LEARNING
• IMITATION- Initial Stage
• Learners observe and repeats what is
shared by the teachers in segmented
steps.
• PRACTICE
• The learner is given the opportunity and
independence to perform the assigned
activity and receive feedback from the
teacher.
 SIMPSON STAGES OF
PSYCHOMOTOR LEARNING
• HABIT- The learner has developed
sufficient amount of confidence to perform
the assigned task in his own way with
attempts to improve and create deviations
from it for competence.
• COMPETENCE- The learner develops a
quick, quality result with blended mastery
of the steps in meeting the criteria set for
in accomplishing the required task
 SIMPSON STAGES OF
PSYCHOMOTOR LEARNING
• EXPERTISE- The final stage
• Allows the learners to have settled to a
well defined and highest level of
competence and creating unique versions
of doing things.
AUDIENCE
BEHAVIOR
CONDITION
DEGREE
 KELLOUGH (2003) ABCD’s OF
WRITING OBJECTIVES
• A= AUDIENCE- (students) for whom the
objectives is intended
• B= BEHAVIOR- (performance) that should
be written in verbs that are measurable
• C= CONDITION- (setting) in which the
behavior will be demonstrated by the
students and observed by the teacher
• D= DEGREE- (level) of expected
performance
 KELLOUGH (2003) ABCD’s OF
WRITING OBJECTIVES
• Using the Philippine map, the students will be able to
locate accurately the natural boundaries of the country
within two minutes
• Reading two editorials on environment hazards, the
students will be able to point the similarities and
differences of the presentation of the writers with at least
90% accuracy
AUDIENCE (A) BEHAVIOR (B) CONDITION DEGREE (D)
(C)
students locate Using the Within two
Philippine map minutes
students Point Reading two 90% accuracy
similarities and editorials
MARAMING SALAMAT PO!
“WHEN YOU ARE
TIRED WITH WHAT
YOU’RE DOING,
ALWAYS GO BACK
TO YOUR REASON
WHY.”
BREAK THE
ODDS,
CONQUER YOUR
FEARS,
BE THE NEXT LET
TOPNOTCHER!

-MICHAEL P. VALE
Licensed Professional
Teacher (LPT)
September 2016 LET,
4th National Placer