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How Students Should Use Blooms Taxonomy

• When you fill out your appointment form for a recorded, group, or individual coaching session, you will see the box, "Select your current skill level related to this goal." These levels (one to six) correspond with the six levels of Bloom's taxonomy.
• You should select the level that you feel best describes where you are with that particular skill at the time of the coaching session.
• When you review your coaching plan, review what level the coach has selected for you. This is the level the coach has assessed your skill level after the coaching session.
• Your coaching plan, which is attached to your appointment after the session, will reflect the next steps needed to master a specific concept, the date of your next appointment, and what steps you should complete before your next scheduled appointment. 
  • If you are at level one or two, your coaching plan will likely have a longer timeframe and more coaching sessions than if you are at level four or five. 
  • The amount of time needed in individual coaching per week should decrease the closer you are to achieving competency on a particular concept. 
• Once you reach competency on a concept, the coaching plan will end for that concept, and another plan may begin for another concept. 
  • For writing, if you are working on paraphrasing and you reach a level six, then your plan will end. However, you and your coach may decide that you need to start another coaching plan for synthesis analysis. 
  • For statistics, if you are working on t-tests and you reach a level six, then your plan will end. However, you and your coach may decide that you need to start another coaching plan for learning ANOVA.
• If you have already reached competency on a concept, but would like a refresher, you have a few options:
  • Review the resources for that concept in Writing or Statistics Resources;
  • Review previous session recordings to assist you in remembering the process for and applying skills for that concept;
  • Sign up for a group session to review that concept.

How Coaches Use Blooms Taxonomy

• Coaches use Blooms taxonomy to assess your learning and to let you know where you are on the one to six scale.
• Blooms taxonomy is also used in assignment, course, and dissertation rubrics.
• Coaches use how you applied knowledge and what you learned through practice to assess your Blooms level in an individual or group session.
• Coaches use the material you provided and what needs to be done to achieve competence on the concept to assess your Blooms level in a recorded session.
• Your personalized success plan is built around your Blooms level and what needs to be done to achieve competency in the concept for which you are seeking coaching. 
• Coaches will continually assess your Blooms level and update it each session.
  • Blooms levels should increase as you continue coaching.
    • If your level has stalled or goes down, then the coach may discuss with you some strategies to assist you in continuing to achieve competence.
      • A coach may try a new learning style such as a visual graph or increase directed practice so you get more on-hands on learning time.
• Your head coach will drive your coaching plan but will use the Blooms level and next steps from any other coaches that you attend a session with to inform the main coaching plan.