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Learning Objectives

Each Boundless concept supports and is framed by its learning objective: the concrete expectation a student should be able to fulfill after reading.

Learning Objective

  • Recognize the role of learning objectives, including their Bloom's levels, in Boundless content


Key Points

    • Each Boundless concept supports a learning objective: the concrete expectation a student should be able to meet after studying the concept. 
    • The learning objective is the backbone of Boundless' content structure.
    • Each learning objective is tagged with a Bloom's level, a number corresponding to one of the levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.
    • Bloom's Taxonomy is a hierarchy that describes six levels of conceptual complexity, from simple recall (1) to explanation (3) to evaluative judgment (6).
    • Each Boundless book comprises concepts supporting learning objectives at a variety of Bloom's levels.

Full Text

A Boundless content module has a three-part structure: a learning objective, supporting text, and assessment items. The learning objective is the backbone of this structure: as a concrete statement of the expectation a student should be able to fulfill after studying the module, it gives the text a purpose and the assessment items something well-defined to assess.

Learning Objectives and Bloom's Taxonomy

Every Boundless learning objective is tagged with a Bloom's level, a number from 1 to 6 representing a tier of Bloom's Taxonomy. Bloom's Taxonomy is a hierarchy that describes levels of conceptual complexity. The six tiers correspond to the depth of conceptual thinking required to carry out the objective, with six requiring the deepest thought. The levels are as follows:

  1. Remembering
  2. Comprehending
  3. Applying
  4. Analyzing
  5. Evaluating
  6. Creating and Synthesizing

All Boundless learning objectives begin with a verb describing a concrete action, like "explain," "list," or "calculate." The learning objectives are tagged with a Bloom's level based on the first word of the learning objective.

Boundless's Bloom's Taxonomy

Every Boundless learning objective begins with a verb from the Bloom's level appropriate to the concept it is a part of.

Limitations of Bloom's Taxonomy

Bloom's Taxonomy is an incredibly useful tool—it gives an idea, at a glance, of the relative conceptual depth of a learning objective.

That said, we also realize that the taxonomy is not ironclad. It is not a rigid scientific system of classification; in addition, not all possible learning objectives beginning with the verb "calculate" necessarily require the same level of conceptual thinking! We take care to write learning objectives that begin with a verb that reflects the depth of the content it is associated with.

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