Bloom's Taxonomy

There are six levels within the cognitive domain:

1. Knowledge: Remembering previously learned material and recalling facts

2. Comprehension: Comprehends the facts, not just recalls them

3. Application: Uses rules, methods, theories, laws to transfer and solve problems

4. Analysis: Breaks information down into parts and identifies relationships between the parts. Draws conclusions and supports with evidence.

5. Synthesis: Invention, combining elements into a creative new whole

6. Evaluation: Makes and expresses judgement, value or worth in terms of defined criteria or standards

Teaching student to evaluate the web

1. Web pages that end in .org are put together by private organizations, so the information might be biased.

2. Web pages that end in .com are commercial websites, so they have lots of advertisement.

3. Are the sources documented with footnotes or links.  Are there links to other resources on the topic.

4. What are the author's credentials on this subject.

5. Is the page current? 

Searching techniques for students

1. Make sure that the info you put in to search for is clear and to the point.

2.If a search doesn't work try to make it more specific, some search engines might be capital sensitive.

3. Use a variety of search engines.

4. Use search engines that are child appropriate such as; www.ajkids.com or www.yahooligans.com