How to Design a Classroom Using Bloom's Taxonomy
- 1). Write a list of activities that already take place in your classroom. This list can include reading, writing, trivia, exercise and class discussion. Organize these activities according to which domain in Bloom's taxonomy they fit into. Designate activities such as reading, writing and math as cognitive activities. List activities such as stretching and dancing as psychomotor activities. Activities such as talking about feelings or personal issues are affective activities.
- 2). Make a list of new activities to include in your classroom, based on the domains in Bloom's taxonomy. Include activities that are likely to stimulate your students' interest in learning. Include creative, intellectual and research activities, such as math and language worksheets, in the cognitive section. Include sports and dance activities, such as puppets and dance mats, in the psychomotor section. Include introspective activities, such as personal diaries, in the affective section.
- 3). Draw a rough outline of your classroom. Include only the permanent physical features (e.g. windows and doors) in this outline. Use pencil so you can make revisions.
- 4). Divide your classroom outline into three sections and give each the label of cognitive, affective or psychomotor. If your classroom has major physical elements that would go well in one of the sections (e.g. computers, which are used for cognitive tasks), then your sections should be situated so that they include those elements.
- 5). Read over your lists of activities. Decide which activities are best for each section of the classroom. Pencil these in on your diagram.
- 6). Gather the materials for activities and install them in the classroom. If you need to purchase new materials for some of your activities, look at bulk stores for cheap materials, and specialty stores for rare materials. Put decorative materials on the walls with staples or sticky tack; tape tends to tear paint off the wall. Put activity materials in places where they are easy to see.