The New Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

By Robert J. Marzano

Book Overview

"Educational leaders wishing to infuse greater complexity, rigor, and substance into the curriculum will immerse themselves in The New Taxonomy of educational Objectives. The benefactors will be teachers who will reach beyond their current achievements and students who will develop the intellectual prowess required to master the intricacies, dichotomies, and ambiguities of life in the twenty-first and twenty second centuries."
--Arthur L. Costa, Professor Emeritus
California State University, Sacramento

"Motivation and metacognition, two critical components, are now strategically and meaningfully integrated. This revised hierarchy takes us beyond Bloom toward a better understanding of educational theory and practice."
--Virginia Cotsis, Secondary Curriculum Specialist
Ventura County Office of Education, Camarillo, CA

"A potent tool for designing educational objectives, developing assessments, making state standards more useful to teachers and students, designing curriculum, and formulating a thinking-skills curriculum."
--Carol Ann Tomlinson, Professor of Educational Leadership
Foundations& Policy, University of Virginia

A thoroughly updated guide to the nature of knowledge

Marzano′s Taxonomy--the most current and comprehensive guide in 50 years to define the new standard for education--is a must-have resource for all directors of curriculum and instruction, directors of staff development, principals, and teachers. Developed by Robert Marzano and John S. Kendall, internationally recognized experts in the development and improvement of standards for education, this field-tested and proven reference contains the most current research on the nature of knowledge and cognition and a reflection of the movement to standards-based education. Based on three domains of knowledge: information, mental procedures, and psychomotor procedures; and six levels of processing: retrieval, comprehension, analysis, knowledge utilization, metacognition, and self-system thinking, this essential guide offers specific applications for:

Designing and classifying educational objectivesCreating assessmentsRedesigning state and district-level standardsFormulating curriculumOutlining a thinking-skills curriculum

Robert Marzano, author of 25 books, 150 articles and chapters in books, and 100 sets of curriculum materials for teachers and students in grades K-12, is president of Marzano & Associates, senior scholar at Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), and associate professor at Cardinal Stritch University.

John S. Kendall, senior director in research at Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), has authored or co-authored six books and more than 30 articles.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412936292
• ISBN13: 9781412936293
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Corwin
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.5" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent resource to Standards-Based Teaching!

One again, Dr. Marzano has clarified for us how to effectively teach to the standards through a new lens of teaching our students "thinking skills." I have often found Bloom's Taxonomy hard to implement with my students because it seemed that I struggled in creating lessons that challenged my students thinking. I believe that we absolutely need to find ways to effectively educate 21st Century students with 21st Century tools. Dr. Marzano clearly describes the differences between the New Taxonomy and Bloom's: when learning new information, it does not always occur in a sequential, level of difficulty process(Bloom's);instead, acquiring new information is initiated by the Self-system (New Taxonomy), which is controlled by our beliefs, values, personal goals, etc. For students to learn new information, they must make the decision that the information is beneficial to them. As educators, we are always looking for opportunities to make our lessons engaging and that motivate students towards higher order thinking skills...The N.T explains how to do this. Additionally, Dr. Marzano shows how to connect the N.T to the standards, which ensures that my lessons are standards-based and that I meet students' learning needs as well. I would caution that the book is written to explain in great detail the research behind the New Taxonomy and the intricate details within each cognitive thought process; however, I believe that once you get through Chapters 1 & 2, you should have a clear understanding of the research and skip to other chapters that impact teaching and learning.

Great Book to use for Instructional Design

We are reviewing our standards and assessments. This has been a great book to use in both PE and Health.