Teaching Strategies

KHANYISILE INNOCENTIA

SEKELE

STUDENT NUMBER: 59327723

EDT1602: LEARNING AND

TEACHING STRATEGIES IN

ADOLESCENT YEARS

UNIQUE NUMBER: 882986

ASSIGNMENT 02

DATE: 19 SEPTEMBER 2016

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59327723 declare that all work done on this assignment

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K.I. Sekele 59327723

Date: 19 September 2016

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1. Anderson-Kratwohl taxonomy

The Anderson-Kratwohl taxonomy is also known as the Taxonomy of

Learning, Teaching and Assessing. This taxonomy retains much of its

structure from the Bloom’s taxonomy, but had been expanded to show new

ways of thinking about cognition and learning. Anderson and Kratwohl (as

cited by Killen 2015:102) believe that this taxonomy is driven by four

questions which are essential to teaching: a) what important things should

learners learn?, b) how can instruction be planned and delivered so that high

levels of learning are achieved?, c) what assessment instruments and

procedures will provide the correct information on how well learners are

learning?, and lastly d) how can teachers ensure that outcomes, instructions

and assessments are linked to one another?. In this essay we will look at the

four types of knowledge according to this taxonomy as well as the six

cognitive processes and what learners are required to do in each level of

processing.

Four types of knowledge

In Anderson and Krathwohl’s taxonomy, there are four different types of

knowledge that learners display. These types of knowledge being displayed

by learners are factual knowledge, conceptual knowledge and procedural

knowledge.

Factual knowledge

It is basic knowledge required to work in a disciple. It is the general

knowledge of thinking, learning and problem-solving. According to Killen

(2015:105) there are two subtypes in factual knowledge: a) knowledge of

terminology e.g. music symbols, and b) knowledge of specific details and

elements e.g. major natural resources....