Bloom and SOLO together

Bloom says what kind of thinking a question asks for, SOLO how much of the subject the answer pulls together. Used together, each kind of thinking gets a depth.

Which levels go together

Each of Bloom's levels goes with the levels of SOLO that fit it: remembering is one idea or a few, and creating always goes further.

Every combination, in a quiz about the water cycle

  1. Remember

    • RememberUnistructural

      Recall one fact or term.

      ExampleWhat is it called when water turns into vapor?

    • RememberMultistructural

      Recall several facts, each on its own.

      ExampleWhich of these are all forms of precipitation?

  2. Understand

    • UnderstandUnistructural

      Explain one idea in your own words.

      ExampleWhat does it mean that water evaporates?

    • UnderstandMultistructural

      Describe several parts, each on its own.

      ExampleWhich sentence describes both evaporation and condensation right?

    • UnderstandRelational

      Explain how the parts depend on each other.

      ExampleWhy would there be no rain without the sun?

  3. Apply

    • ApplyMultistructural

      Use several facts in a new situation.

      ExampleWhich list has everything that helps wet laundry dry fast?

    • ApplyRelational

      Use how things are linked to work out what happens.

      ExampleWhy does laundry dry faster on a windy day than on a still one?

    • ApplyExtended abstract

      Carry the idea over to something quite different.

      ExampleSweat cools you down on a hot day. Which part of the water cycle works the same way?

  4. Analyze

    • AnalyzeRelational

      Find the causes and how they're linked.

      ExampleOne side of a mountain gets much more rain than the other. Why?

    • AnalyzeExtended abstract

      Find the rule behind a pattern, which holds elsewhere too.

      ExampleDeserts get little rain and rainforests a lot. Which rule explains both?

  5. Evaluate

    • EvaluateRelational

      Judge a claim by how the facts fit together.

      ExampleSomeone says rain is new water made in the clouds. Which fact shows it's wrong?

    • EvaluateExtended abstract

      Judge by principles, also in a case that's new.

      ExampleA town wants to make clouds rain over it to get more water. What's the strongest objection?

  6. Create

    • CreateExtended abstract

      Put ideas together into a plan for a new problem.

      ExampleYou're on an island with only seawater. Which plan gives you water to drink?

Bloom or SOLO?

Use it in your quiz

Under More settings, choose Bloom + SOLO at Number of questions, and give each level as many questions as you like, 20 at most. Tjaz writes them in that order.

Make a quiz

Bloom's taxonomy is from 1956, revised in 2001, and SOLO from 1982. Teachers often plan their tasks with Bloom and judge the answers with SOLO.

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