Bloom’s Taxonomy is taxonomy of cognitive objectives that classified in a
6 levels of intellectual behavior as a ways of learning and thinking. In 1990’s Lorin Anderson (Bloom’s student) revised the taxonomy and made a number of changes to fit educational
practice of the 21s.
Blooms’ Revised Taxonomy is associated to critical
thinking in that it makes the students to move from lower-order thinking skills
to higher-order thinking skills that involve logical thinking, analyzing, applying, evaluating and
creating.
Bloom’s Taxonomy is not evident in Saudi EFL
classrooms. Bloom’s Taxonomy is necessary
for teachers to use it . I would use and highly recommend EFL teachers to use
Bloom’s Taxonomy in their classrooms to develop and strengthen the students’ thinking skills.
