Which of the following is the highest level of cognitive ability?
Evaluating
Bloom's taxonomy arranges cognitive abilities in a hierarchy, each level demanding more of the learner than the one below it, so the answer is whichever listed level sits highest in that order.
The classical sequence runs knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation. Of the four options given, knowing is the lowest - it asks only for recall of facts. Understanding comes next, requiring the learner to grasp meaning in their own words. Analysing is higher still, since it requires breaking material into parts and seeing how they relate. Evaluating stands above all of these because it requires the learner to judge the value of material against criteria, which presupposes that they can already recall, understand and analyse it.
That dependence is the key: one cannot evaluate an argument without first understanding and analysing it, so evaluation necessarily sits at the top of the four.
Hence the highest level of cognitive ability among those listed is evaluating.
Similar Questions
In the two sets given below, Set-I provides the different levels of learning according to Bloom's Taxonomy, while set-II gives their examples and concerns. Match the two sets and select from the options to indicate your answer:
Set-I (Levels of Learning) Set-II (Examples) (a) Memory level (iii) Recalling information (b) Understanding level (i) Identifying examples of a given concept (c) Analysing level (iv) Isolating information into parts (d) Creating level (ii) Generating new ideas
Important Questions from Objectives of Teaching
Which of the following words is/are used by application skills?
I. To solveII. To examine
III. To illustrate
IV. To experiment
Which of the following is NOT a type of learning?
Under which element of cognitive learning verbs such as action, relation, conclusion and paraphrase are used?
A person attempting to master the skill of driving a motor vehicle must be aware of the various parts of a vehicle that are directly involved in the process of driving. These aspects of learning include:
Non discursive communication is a part of:
