Part II

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Activity 4: Where do I belong?
(40 min)
Classify the question
stems into proper
category using revised
Blooms Taxonomy.
Write a simple test item
using each stem.
Paste your output in a
manila paper.
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Expected output by GROUP

Group 1 first quarter

Group 2 second quarter
Group 3 third quarter
Group 4 fourth quarter

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Analysis
Was it easy to
categorize the
question stems?
Under what category
are the question
youve prepared fall?
LOTS or HOTS?

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REMEMBERING
Retrieve relevant
knowledge from long-
term memory,
e.g. recognizing,
listing, naming,
finding, defining,
memorizing,
repeating,
reproducing
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Choose Recite
Define Match
List Recall
Underline Name
Quote Recall

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Typical Item Stems:
How many items.?
What is the ?
Can you name ..?
Which is true or false?
Can you recall --?

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UNDERSTANDING
Explaining ideas or concepts;
construct meaning from
instructional messages;
e.g. Interpreting, summarizing,
plotting , classifying,
explaining

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UNDERSTANDING
Locate Observe
Compare Paraphrase
Recognize Review
Report Explain

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Typical Item Stems:
DERSTANDING
Write in your own words..?
How would you explain .?
Who do you think ?
What ideas or facts show .?

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APPLYING
Using information
in another familiar
situation;
e.g. Implementing,
carrying out,
using,
executing

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 APPLYING

Adapt Draw
Sequence Apply
Show Change
Teach Use
Demonstrate Manipulate
Practice

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Typical Test Stems
Do you know of another
instance where..?
What questions would you ask
of?
From the information given,
develop a set of instructions
about..?
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ANALYZING
Breaking information into
parts to explore
understandings and
relationships
e.g. Comparing,
organizing,
deconstructing,
finding,
interrogating
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 Typical Item Stems
Which events could not have
happened?
If. ..happened, what might the ending
have been?
Why did...changes occur?
Explain what must have happened
when...
Distinguish between...

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EVALUATING
Justifying a course of
action or decision
e.g. checking,
hypothesizing,
critiquing,
experimenting,
judging

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EVALUATING
Argue
Defend
Assess
Determine
Value
Evaluate
Conclude
Prioritize
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Typical Item Stems:
Judge the value of... What do you
think about...?
What influence will....have on our
lives?
What are the pros and cons of....?
How would you have handled...?
What are the alternatives?

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CREATING
Generating new ideas,
products or ways of
viewing things
e.g. Designing,
constructing,
planning,
producing,
inventing

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Assemble Compose
Construct Formulate
Generate Dramatize
Predict Prepare
Write Illustrate

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Typical Item Stems
Design a...to...?
If you had access to all resources,
how would you deal with...?
How many ways can you...?
Create new and unusual uses
for...?

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