Marzano's Taxonomy will be of immediate and lasting use to curriculum developers, researchers, preparers of teachers and leaders, and practitioners. — Doug Harris, Co-Director, The Center for Curriculum Renewal

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

Profound in its insights and challenging in its implications, Marzano's Taxonomy will influence teaching, assessment, and accountability in every school. The authors force us to confront the gulf between current standards and testing regimes and the opportunity for sustained learning for which the Marzano's Taxonomy will be the framework. — Douglas Reeves, CEO and FounderCenter for Performance Assessment

A thoroughly updated guide to the nature of knowledge!

Marzano's Taxonomy — the first contemporary guide in 50 years to define the new standard for education — is a musthave resource for all directors of curriculum and instruction, directors of staff development, principals, and teachers. Developed by Robert Marzano and John Kendall, internationally recognized experts in the development and improvement of standards for education, this fieldtested and proven reference contains the most current research on the nature of knowledge and cognition and a reflection of the movement to standardsbased education. Based on three domains of knowledge: information, mental procedures, and psychomotor procedures; and six levels of processing: retrieval, comprehension, analysis, knowledge, utilization, metacognitive, and selfsystem, this essential guide offers specific applications forDesigning and classifying educational objectivesCreating assessmentsRedesigning state and districtlevel 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 K12, is president of Marzano & Associates; senior scholar at MidContinent Research for Education and Learning; and Associate Professor at Cardinal Stritch University.

John S. Kendall, senior director in research at Midcontinent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), is senior author of Content Knowledge: A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K12 Education and has authored or co-authored six books and more than 30 articles published by American School Board Journal and the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, among others.

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 EmeritusCalifornia State University, SacramentoMotivation 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 SpecialistVentura County Office of Education, Camarillo, CAA 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 LeadershipFoundations& Policy, University of VirginiaA 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 themovement 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.

Thoroughly field-tested and used in a wide variety of educational environments, Marzano's Taxonomy reflects the most current research and today's movement to standards-based education.

It's been more than 50 years since Benjamin Bloom published his Taxonomy of Educational Objectives and Bloom's taxonomy is one of the most widely known and used models in education. While still useful, Bloom's taxonomy doesn't represent the most current research on the nature of knowledge and cognition, nor does it reflect the movement to standards-based education. Marzano's taxonomy is based on three domains of knowledge (information, mental procedures, and psychomotor procedures) and six levels of processing (Retrieval, comprehension, analysis, knowledge utilization, metacognitive, and self-system). </p> <p></p> <p>Marzano's taxonomy has many uses, including; </p> <p></p> <p>Designing and classifying educational objectives </p> <p>Designing assessments </p> <p>Redesigning state and district-level standards </p> <p>Designing curriculum </p> <p>Designing a thinking skills curriculum</p> <p>This groundbreaking book is essential reading for directors of curriculum and instruction, directors of staff development, principals, and teachers.