Date
4-2010
Department
School of Education
Degree
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Chair
Scott B Watson
Primary Subject Area
Education, Curriculum and Instruction; Education, Elementary; Education, Reading
Keywords
Bloom's Taxonomy, comprehension, English Framework, higher order thinking skills, NCLB, SOL
Disciplines
Curriculum and Instruction
Recommended Citation
Crews, Charla Faulkner, "The Effects of Using Bloom's Taxonomy to Align Reading Instruction with the Virginia Standards of Learning Framework for English" (2010). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 323.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/323
Abstract
This study examined the effects of aligning the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) English Framework with Bloom's Taxonomy on student achievement. Changes prompted by No Child Left Behind legislation increased accountability for student success, as well as mandated testing to determine annual academic growth of all students. Documentation supported the need of fourth grade students to improve comprehension skills. The goals of this research were to determine the effects of aligning the SOL English Framework with Bloom's Taxonomy on student achievement and determine the effects of developing reading lesson plans based on the SOL English Framework aligned with Bloom's Taxonomy to consistently include higher order thinking skills. Fourth grade students in a rural, K-5 public school participated in the project for nine weeks which utilized a nonrandomized control group, pretest posttest design. Results determined no significant difference in scores between the two treatment groups existed; however, aligning Bloom's Taxonomy with the SOL English Framework had a positive effect on student scores when comparing the same students' pretest and posttest scores.
