ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the power of Bloom’s Taxonomy, often shortened to just Bloom’s. Bloom’s is a hierarchy of learning levels that ascends from very shallow to very deep learning, from rote memorization to the highest levels of understanding and application. The chapter discusses how to reach higher levels of learning using the study cycle and intense study sessions. Students report that preparing to teach the material works so as a learning strategy because they anticipate the questions they might be asked. Previewing and reviewing are powerful and efficient ways to support learning. Some students resent their professors for “not teaching them” or, worse, for distracting them from other things they had planned to do during class.
