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Mathematics: Given the mathematical formula for the area of a circle, paraphrase it using your own words.

 3. Application (Using information in concrete situations)

Mathematics: Compute the area of actual circles.

Mathematics: When you have finished solving a problem (or when a peer has done so) determine the degree to which that problem was solved as efficiently as possible.

4. Analysis (Breaking down material into parts)

5. Synthesis (Putting parts together into a whole)

Mathematics: Apply and integrate several different strategies to solve a mathematical problem.

6. Evaluation (Judging the value of a product for a given purpose, using definite criteria)

Mathematics: Given a math word problem, determine the strategies that would be necessary to solve it.

 Bloom's use of the term application differs from our normal conversational use of the term. When working at any of the four highest levels of the taxonomy, we "apply" what we have learned. At the application level, we "just apply." At the higher levels, we "apply and do something else."

The main value of the Taxonomy is twofold: (1) it can stimulate teachers to help students acquire skills at all of these various levels, laying the proper foundation for higher levels by first assuring mastery of lower-level objectives; and (2) it provides a basis for developing measurement strategies to assess student performance at all these levels of learning.