This information below will help you to understand the levels of thinking and why creative thinking is a higher level thinking skill. The full chart is available in my book "Brilliant Activities for Gifted and Talented Children: That Other Children Will Love Too"
Blooms Taxonomy is a hierarchy of thinking starting with the basic level of thinking: Knowledge
1. Knowledge
2. Comprehension
3. Application
4. Analysis
5. Synthesis
6. Evaluation
Knowledge is just when one learns something and can recall it. So basically.. This is a CAR, what is it? A car. A small child is capable of knowledge. It is the most basic.
Comprehension:
This is the ability to grasp the meaning of material, you can understand something.
Application:
ability to apply concepts and principles to new situations. Here you take your knowledge and understanding and apply it to something.
Analysis:
Breaking down material into component parts
The highest two levels are below and are the levels of thinking I will focus on in this blog as they are being creative and having the ability to judge the value in something.
Synthesis:
Pulling parts together into a NEW WHOLE ( creative thinking)
Evaluation:
Ability to judge the value of material ( is this worthy?)
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