Cognitive domain

COGNITIVE DOMAIN

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1. COGNITIVE DOMAIN

In the cognitive domain there are six levels (blooms, 1956).

• KNOWLEDGE
• COMPREHENSION
• APPLICATION
• ANALYSIS
• SYNTHESIS
• EVALUATION

KNOWLEDGE

Knowledge is the lowest and least complex level. Which involves the acquisition and recall of facts, such as names, dates, terms and definition.

   comprehension 

The second level is comprehension and this means the ability to understand material. It involves interpretation, translation, explanation, and prediction.

Application

The third level is application which is to use ideas and principals in a new situation, such as, solving problems.

Analysis

The fourth level is analysis, this is the ability to identification  parts of whole through such processes as analyzing comparing contrasting and classifying.

Synthesis

The fifth level is synthesis . This is the ability to put parts together in order to make a whole. Synthesis usually involves such processes  as planning creating , constructing and predicting.

Evaluation

 The last, deepest, and most complex, level of thinking is evaluation. This involves the making of judgments about particular matters or issues.

PSYCHO MOTOR:

Learning objectives in the psycho motor domain has also been arranged in different levels
(Harrow, 1972)

1. At the lowest level are reflex level are reflex movements which are involuntary or instructive movements such as tensing or blinking.
2. Reflex moments are followed by basic fundamental movements such as, crawling, walking, and jumping.
3. The third level relates to perceptual abilities and involves the translation of information received through the five senses into movements, for example, catching a ball, and printing a letter on alphabet.
4. The next level relates to physical abilities such as endurance ,strength, flexibilities, and agility. These physical abilities are necessary for the development of the fifth level, skilled movements. Skilled movements involve activities common to areas such as, games and music
5. The highest level is non-discursive communication which is communicating skillfully through physical movements as in mime or dance.
   

   Affective Domain

   In affective domain there are five levels of objectives (Krathwohl.(Bloom&Masior).
   
   1. The lowest level is receiving which means passive listing or attending. 
   2. The second level is responding which is showing the willingness to be involved. 
   3. valuing is the third level and this indicates involvement, commitment or seeing worth in something.
   4. Organizing, the fourth level is more long term and involves integrating a new value into a personnel set of values.
   5. The highest and complex level in the affective domain is characterizing by value. This means all the previous levels have been taken in and a person is prepared to act consistently on the basis of value.