The Reflective Student
Bloom's Remembering: What did I do?
Student Reflection: What was the assignment? When was it due? Did I get it turned in on time?
Bloom's Understanding: What was important about what I did? Did I meet my goals?
Student Reflection: Do I understand the parts of the assignment and how they connect? Did my response completely
cover all parts of the assignment? Do I see where this fits in with what we are studying?
Bloom's Application: When did I do this before? Where could I use this again?
Student Reflection: How was this assignment similar to other assignments? (in this course or others). Do I see
connections in either content, product or process? Are there ways to adapt it to other assignments? Where could I use
this (content, product or process) my life?
Bloom's Analysis: Do I see any patterns or relationships in what I did?
Student Reflection: Were the strategies, skills and procedures I used effective for this assignment? Do I see any
patterns in how I approached my work - such as following an outline, keeping to deadlines? What were the results of the
approach I used - was it efficient, or could I have eliminated or reorganized steps?
Bloom's Evaluation: How well did I do? What worked? What do I need to improve?
Student Reflection: What are we learning and is it important? Did I do an effective job of communicating my learning to
others? What have I learned about my strengths and my areas in need of improvement? How am I progressing as a
learner?
Bloom's Creation: What should I do next? What's my plan / design?
Student Reflection: How can I best use my strengths to improve? What steps should I take or resources should I use to
meet my challenges? What suggestions do I have for my teacher or my peers to improve our learning environment?
How can I adapt this content or skill to make a difference in my life?
Student Reflection: What was the assignment? When was it due? Did I get it turned in on time?
Bloom's Understanding: What was important about what I did? Did I meet my goals?
Student Reflection: Do I understand the parts of the assignment and how they connect? Did my response completely
cover all parts of the assignment? Do I see where this fits in with what we are studying?
Bloom's Application: When did I do this before? Where could I use this again?
Student Reflection: How was this assignment similar to other assignments? (in this course or others). Do I see
connections in either content, product or process? Are there ways to adapt it to other assignments? Where could I use
this (content, product or process) my life?
Bloom's Analysis: Do I see any patterns or relationships in what I did?
Student Reflection: Were the strategies, skills and procedures I used effective for this assignment? Do I see any
patterns in how I approached my work - such as following an outline, keeping to deadlines? What were the results of the
approach I used - was it efficient, or could I have eliminated or reorganized steps?
Bloom's Evaluation: How well did I do? What worked? What do I need to improve?
Student Reflection: What are we learning and is it important? Did I do an effective job of communicating my learning to
others? What have I learned about my strengths and my areas in need of improvement? How am I progressing as a
learner?
Bloom's Creation: What should I do next? What's my plan / design?
Student Reflection: How can I best use my strengths to improve? What steps should I take or resources should I use to
meet my challenges? What suggestions do I have for my teacher or my peers to improve our learning environment?
How can I adapt this content or skill to make a difference in my life?
The Reflective Student has been adapted from Copy/Paste.
A Taxonomy of Lower to Higher Order Reflection
Assume an individual has just completed a task. What types of questions might they use to reflect on the experience?
How might those questions parallel Bloom’s Taxonomy?
Bloom’s Remembering: Retrieving, recognizing, and recalling relevant knowledge from short- or long-term memory.
Reflection: What did I do?
Bloom’s Understanding: Constructing meaning from oral, written, or graphic messages.
Reflection: What was important about what I did? Did I meet my goals?
Bloom’s Applying: Carrying out or using a procedure through executing, or implementing. Extending the procedure to a
new setting.
Reflection: When did I do this before? Where could I use this again?
Bloom’s Analyzing: Breaking material into constituent parts, determining how the parts relate to one another and to an
overall structure or purpose.
Reflection: Do I see any patterns or relationships in what I did?
Bloom’s Evaluating: Making judgments based on criteria and standards.
Reflection: How well did I do? What worked? What do I need to improve?
Bloom’s Creating: Combining or reorganizing elements into a new pattern or structure.
Reflection: What should I do next? What’s my plan / design?
A Taxonomy of Lower to Higher Order Reflection has been adapted from Copy/Paste.