Internalizing Values: This has to do with the learners value system and how the learner assigns value.
The Psychomotor category includes physical aspects of movement, as well as coordination in movement. There were not subcategories in the Psychomotor development category.
Critics of Bloom:
There are those critics who claim that Bloom's taxonomy lacks comprehensiveness in certain areas and other claim that it is altogether too narrow as it has not included all of the necessary learning outcomes that are expected in schools. Bloom maintains that lack of physical as well as mental growth early in life is a permanent loss, but Tanner (1963) 'found evidence that even when physical growth is severely student for a time by malnutrition or illness, the organism has a target-seeking tendency to return to its natural growth curve. In a similar analysis Krogman (1962) presented evidence that heredity is the 'great master' in determining physical growth. Furthermore, Arthur Jensen (1969) pointed out flaws of Blooms theory claiming that Blooms' method of estimating mental growth is applied to physical growth." (Biehler 1975) Jerome Kagan at a 1973 convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science presented evidence that leads to questions of Bloom's theory.
Classroom Application of Bloom's Theory:
Conclusion:
Although there are both pros and cons to Bloom's Theory, the taxonomy of learning is a comprehensive application that can be utilized by teachers in assessing the effectiveness of their teaching methods.
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