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This is a video about Bloom's Taxonomy. Benjamin Bloom was a researcher. He spent most of his life researching how we learn, how we're taught and how we develop expertise. He concluded that experts are made not born.
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00:00 Introduction
00:32 6 Steps to Expertise
00:50 Why Bloom's method is useful
01:15 It's called Bloom's Taxonomy
01:36 How to do it
01:53 Step 1 Remember
02:14 Step 2 Understand
02:43 Step 3 Apply
03:10 Lower Order Thinking
03:31 Step 4 Analyze
04:09 Critical Thinking
05:33 Step 5 Evaluate
06:02 Step 6 Create
06:39 Thank you Brilliant
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[@pedroteixeira5210]

The taxonomy is great, but, the learning order has been challenged since. Starting at the bottom (remember) has a steep forgetting curve. Isolated pieces of information tend to get forgotten quickly (they don't necessarily connect with your previous knowledge). So, it's inefficient. Starting with higher levels (apply, analyze) provides you a purpose to start with and it connects better with your pre-existing knowledge. Every time you get blocked, then there's an opportunity to go lower to remember and understand. Without an "apply" or "analyze" there's no problem to solve in the first place. Trying to remember everything first "just in case" is a major pitfall. In your carbonara example, everyone already knows *why* they are learning it and everyone can also taste other carbonaras to compare. They are not exactly starting with the *remember* level, right? There must be some sort of structure that the bits and pieces of the *remember* stage can connect. Otherwise, it's just a waste (highly inefficient).

[@eriko9011]

interesting! Do you have any tips for readning or maybe other youtube videos on the topic?

[@Steuben1978]

​@@eriko9011 Justin Sung or Benjamin Keeps, PHD channel...

[@pedroteixeira5210]

@@eriko9011 that it is quite scattered in KZbin. A good resource is Justin’s course: iCanStudy. However, that course contains more content than just that. Besides being not free, it is quite necessarily painful to go through. About KZbin material: unfortunately, most of KZbinrs do a video as soon as they have superficial material and the topic is actually quite nuanced. My opinion is that you can only learn a few details here and there but there’s no single place with the entire underlying knowledge structure. To be fair, that would be a multi-hour video or a course. Try the following to see how it goes: 1. Prime your learning motivation by knowing the problem you’re trying to solve. Or, the ways you’ll need to retrieve the new material. 2. Start with pre-existent knowledge and find bridges to the new material. The principle is: more connections -> easier to memorize. 3. Follow a good material resource quickly to find what things connect with your pre-existing knowledge. Focus on that first and postpone learning other unknown stuff to later. 4. Organize your learning in a top-down approach: pick a handful of overarching key ideas first. Details will then have something to hook on (instead of just being suspended and easily forgotten). 5. Simplify the material until it becomes obvious to you. 6. Now, your pre-existing knowledge is bigger. Repeat everything using the material you postponed in step 3.

[@upsurgeagency3593]

You can't remember b'cuz you have a high-falutin approach to remembering things. You need a more meaningful way to connect the bits of info. If I asked you where your bathroom was, or your sofa or what's in your refrigerator..you'd probably be able to recall it with ease simply b'cuz you can visualize your home (a context) and "walk thru" it and use it as a frame of reference to recall _other bits of info_ (like your socks, toothbrush, suitcase, etc). Kids _remember_ their ABC's b'cuz they *attached* it to the song 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'. But if you asked those same kids all the high level questions about language, phonetics and blah blah blah...all you'll get from them are blank stares..but they can _recall_ every letter of the alphabet like a mofo. And that's what you need to do: Stop taking yourself so seriously. Connect fun/playful associations to whatever it is you're trying to remember. Create a playful & meaningful "house" where you can go to hang those new bits of info - so that when you "walk thru" it, you can find info just as easy as you would your toothbrush or a pair of socks. The more absurd the context/visualization is, the easier it will be to recall the bits of infos _attached_ to it. Hope this helps.

[@gianluca.pastorelli]

I can only agree with your statement. I learnt R programming by starting to code from scratch the scripts that I needed for my work. I had no knowledge of R whatsoever, and I just googled the pieces I needed and stitched them together in a trial and error way until I finally got the result I wanted. Only then I started to memorise and understand commands and functions

[@sharondavis3535]

I used the taxonomy to assess my teaching. If my students can teach another , or pose higher order, imaginative questions, that's learning. I learned when some students are reciting the basic ideas or concepts that's a way for them to integrate into long-term memory. When teachers have students create a different ending for a story or compare two different fairy tales, it's evaluation and create, ascending to HOT. I always wrote things down not realising I was teaching myself, as I do now learning Excel.

[@EcomCarl]

Bloom's taxonomy truly illuminates the path from novice to expert by emphasizing the critical role of applying and synthesizing knowledge. It's a reminder that true expertise comes from deep engagement and rigorous practice, not just passive learning. 👍

[@cppexplorery]

I think it's quite logical. When we try something new and do it many many times, we get better at it, obviously. And, as many have already noted, the main thing is that this learning is systematic and structured. Thank You!

[@Pcoxproductions]

0:50 Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate, Create are the 6 steps to become an expert at anything

[@UmesShrestha]

A couple of things about the Bloom's Taxonomy. That pyramid is not the taxonomy. It represents the Cognitive Dimension of the entire taxonomy. There are three dimensions (Cognitive, Affective, Psycho-motor). A revised taxonomy in 2001 also added another dimension of Knowledge (Declarative, Procedural, Conceptual, and Meta). Also, Bloom never envisioned it as a the "pyramid", nor Lower oder or Higher order thinking. Of course the single pyramid can be useful but we also need to know that it is massively misrepresented.

[@electricskemp3858]

A perfect presentation. Loved the gags and I’ve printed out the list.

[@JonathanDillonfds-fx]

The presentation and delivery of this video is excellent!

[@johnfox9169]

Maybe THE most valuable video I have EVER watched!!

[@chris5706]

Interesting that everyone in the comments feels they are an expert on this subject. Including me! The taxonomy is spot on in outlining the steps but of course they were always meant to be quickly progressed through then repeated in an endless spiral as new facts & understanding etc are added. A nice clear video

[@MM-bw1lo]

Great video, wish he would have went through all the steps of bloom but overall, very helpful info

[@pipertripp]

Very nice. I have heard of Bloom's Taxonomy, but didn't really know what it was all about. I'm on this path now and I think this compact way of summarising the journey. PS, Uncommon Sense Teaching is a great book! Picked it up on your recommendation. I think that it's a nice compliment to "Make it Stick". Ok, gotta go build a logistic regression model as part of the "do" phase. ;)

[@angeloj.willems4362]

OLS? Uni or multi variate... And why?

[@pipertripp]

@@angeloj.willems4362 logistic so not OLS. Multivariate model to predict probability of having diabetes. Just my own learning. I want to transition to stats/data science and the best way to learn, IMO, is to do projects. Generates a tonne of questions and forces you to hunt for answers/make mistakes and all that good stuff.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

Bloom's Taxonomy is mostly useful for educators designing courses. That being said, the video is correct in that an awareness of the different levels of understanding can be very helpful in terms of avoiding pointless busywork when presented with training programs or in terms of pushing a bit more.

[@robertmungo5428]

Great video! Repetition and inate ability with a natural inclination is what I've found to work best in learning or mastering as I like to say anything!

[@steves3422]

Very Good! We need everyone to learn how to 'Critically Think' on everything they do or exposed to. Have done these steps, but probably not as methodically as I could, this video and your delivery of the steps will have me doing better. Thank You!

[@blackrabbit212]

The reason the world is as it is revolves around most people's inability to perform critical thinking.

[@sonyasever7625]

thank you for such a useful video 💖💖

[@dstat79]

Love it! Thanks for sharing such positive advice 🙏🏻

[@Overlorddz]

For me, analysing text or whatever is key. It provides you with effort and imaginative details to connect to dots (and usually l far too complex than what eventually turns out to be the actual working facts) once you get to full understanding. Analysing a text or task immediately also speeds up the reading and reflection. But that's not always wise if you're using machinery or firearms.

[@rosemaryspearmint7209]

When do you want to travel to Scotland? Very excellent video I don’t know how to express this, but you peaked my interest in learning more about coding and critical thinking and how to become an expert and what field to become an expert about. This is thought provoking thank you

[@mikehess4494]

Inspiring...Thank you.

[@jackm2293]

2:33 I'm sure you do have friends. But good advice. Explaining yourself to yourself is an excellent thinking tool. thank you.

[@alexandrenarolles7994]

@jackm2293 very powerfull technique

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

That's where Writing to Learn can be fairly helpful. Writing isn't just for communication, it can also be used as a way of exploring a topic to see what you know, and the result can then be used later on as a refresher if you've stepped away for a while.

[@rezahajitarkhani]

Thank you for your great videos

[@henryrichham5028]

This was good, but I don't think you distinguished step 2 and 4 enough. The process you describe for Understanding sounds almost identical with that of Analyzing, that being asking questions about why the constituent parts are there in the first place, why them and not something else, etc.

[@balwantsinghdhannawat9870]

Great subject. Rarely people discuss it. Keep it up.

[@daveys]

The cooking analogy is really good. If I’m making a new dish, I find a recipe and follow it exactly. I only start to change things once I have made it as per the recipe at least once. Programming is an interesting learning process, as I think you need some overall basics (probably variables, loops, inputs and outputs, lists and strings) before you can start really writing custom code yourself. The problem, for me at least, was the whole memorising things. I found that I needed a mix of reading, retyping (from memory) and then practicing over and over with similar but slightly different problems until I’d got the techniques embedded in my mind.

[@user-oq5ei4qd8r]

I am trying to learn because I have been taught such passion ways of learning and cramming. So it's challenging for me to know about make it stick and Uncommon Sense by Barbara Oakley. I struggle with applying skills or what I have learned or trying to understand what I have just read. Do you recommend I go through Critical Thinking skills by Palgrave?

[@yohanesliong4818]

Thank you

[@vutuankiet.hoc2k]

00:02 Six steps to expertise - no talent required 01:03 Bloom's method helps in becoming an expert through thinking. 01:59 Memorize the basics and understand the why behind them 02:59 Understanding and application are key to expertise. 04:00 Develop critical thinking skills 05:05 Develop critical thinking skills for success 06:07 Use the skills to create something original. 07:14 Practice problem-solving to enhance skills and knowledge Crafted by Merlin AI.

[@sakacocox267]

it is somewhat good, but it something we all know, may be we skip a step, but still we adopt our own structure or order and possibly become an expert in many skills already that we use it daily. It sounds more academic to me. But ofcouse it might of use at some point.

[@shridharpp]

I usually ask all why kind of questions to chat gpt to improve understanding. Sometimes i do ask him about his take if i replace ingredient X with Y. Its fun

[@tomau3946]

The first three steps are the reverse of the George Bernard Shaw dictum: Those who can, do" (apply). "Those who can't, teach." (understand) Those who can't teach, research." (remember).

[@michatroschka]

Qualityyy video! The structure, the simple and funny examples, the learnings, short.

[@JamesRolph96]

Could u give an example how u would disect code and how u would analyze it in a video follow-up? I have always been interested in the idea of bloom's taxonomy but never could see how it would fit into coding.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

With code, you would be describing what it is doing, describing what you're allowed to put into it, what limitations there are on the section of code and how various changes might be made to impact the performance in different ways. You'd also want to describe and contrast the impact of different algorithms and how the code might function differently if you use different types of loops or if you ordered switch statements in a different order. The analysis is relatively similar to what you might do if you needed to teach a new coder how this section fo code works in order to hand the job of maintaining it over to them.

[@edinsonriveraaedo292]

As always, very good insights in your videos. It is always a good investment to spend time in your channel.

[@teledine]

Magnet 'driving' the Matchbox care is pure genius, however, putting those magnets close to the cassette tape is borderline cassette tape abuse. Lots of gasping 70s and 80s folk in varying degrees of agreeance. ;-)

[@progamerzach1]

Talent and hard work is required in any type of success, you cannot exclude one or the other.

[@rajkumarmurmu1256]

Finally, I am subscribing.

[@user-nv6of7jy4z]

Great content as always, could use more details instead of explaining the literal meanings of the steps. Thanks.

[@aditigupta7755]

Hello sir big fan of ur’s work and I appreciate it will just go in college in few months doing python as my first language can u pls suggest one book which would have all things have seen ur videos but I am little confused

[@jasonjust-jason9489]

excellent

[@dharti_p-u-t_r]

Thank you friend, very useful video.

[@peter8261]

Dude flashes a cassette tape like an absolute mad lad. I'll subscribe just for that.

[@Mubashar783]

Unique ❤ way to teach 3:20

[@RocRocket-cl3vc]

Thank you.

[@StarlasAiko]

Step 1: So...I will never be an expert at anything. I don't remember by memorisation, I remember by comprehending. If I don't understand the Why, I won't remember the What. Step 2 and 4 need to come first for me, or Step 1 won't happen.

[@Pcoxproductions]

Low order thinking skills 3:26 remember understand doing

[@MaverickTouhid]

Hi Python Programmer, I've heard some worrying things about AI potentially replacing programmers, especially after comments from NVIDIA's CEO. As I'm considering admission in CSE, I'm uncertain due to these concerns. What's your take on this? I trust your insight. Also, I'd appreciate it if you could share your thoughts on this topic via video.Your expertise would be invaluable. Thanks, Rabby

[@nikitachistyakov7573]

merci !

[@HaryoBaskoro-rc1le]

Maslow pyramid PDCA and CI process?

[@brendamg7298]

excellent!

[@MichaelGisiger]

I couldn't help but notice that you're a fellow fountain pen user. Nice.

[@blackrabbit212]

That makes three of us. Good catch, by the way!

[@MsTranthihai71]

Thanks

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[@crystal1952]

I like the content and have subscribed.

[@jesusj.juarez]

Gracias

[@Myrslokstok]

#7 refuting and paradigmshifting Like Einstein!

[@octaviorusso2312]

I don't understand the difference between steps "understand" and "analyze", both require me to ask why. Can someone explain? How is the process different?

[@thecaptn1758]

analyzing goes deeper. You dont only understand this specific Part of the General Topic you want to learn, but understand how it is related to other concepts of the general Topic. for cooking, you understand that adding parmesan cheese on top of spaghetti is a good way to add to the overall taste. But do you understand, why this specific topping fits with this dish? are there dishes where adding this topping is a bad idea? why?

[@pedroteixeira5210]

*Remembering* : a thing like an apple exists; it is something round and has a color, we can cut it into smaller pieces if we need to. What properties does an apple have? This is just raw information like "Paris is the capital of France". *Understanding* : an apple is a type of fruit, a food, therefore we can eat it. It can rot and perish if not consumed in days. Meaning comes from knowing what it does and what we can do with it. *Apply* : we know how to eat a raw apple, we know how to plant a tree with it. We know how to create deserts like an apple pie. We know how to solve a certain problem with apples. Not simply the knowledge of what can be done, but actually the know-how knowledge. *Analyse* : how does apple taste compare with another kind of apple? Is it more acidic? How does an apple compare with other kinds of fruits? You simply compare and look for relationships. *Evaluate* : After making apple pies with various kinds of apples, I can assert that certain kinds of apples are better than others for the job. I can judge why one is better than the other. There's a sense of value scale. *Create* : You genetically modify an apple tree to produce the best apple for apple pie purposes. You know so much that you are capable of producing something new.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

@@pedroteixeira5210 Yes, and sometimes you just need to know that something is the case. This is either because it's completely arbitrary like an assigned phone number back before you could choose. Or, it can also be because the explanation of why it is the case involves a lot of things that are much too complicated for the current class. That happens a lot in math and science where the simplified version isn't so bad, but the actual mechanism that causes it requires a lot more studied to understand.

[@StepDub]

Analysis is the process of identifying the components or building blocks of a thing. It’s not that mysterious really. It’s often confused with synthesis, or putting those building blocks together in a way that explains or aids understanding in others.

[@sufiaamir2348]

The motivation comes from the higher order thinking then come down and learn the details

[@ProfGura]

This is an interesting interpretation of how one MIGHT use Bloom's Taxonomy, but it is NOT what Bloom presented!!! These 6 varieties of thinking/knowing are not steps or stages, but simply varieties... Bloom does not present them as things to be acquired in order, either. You made this up on your own!!!

[@Treebard]

Go to 6:10 to see the triangle of Bloom's Taxonomy. 🤩

[@anxen]

How do you even decide to become an expert on a topic you don't know anything about?

[@VaibhavShewale]

seems interesting

[@drbettyschueler3235]

The problem is everything in this taxonomy depends on the ability to memorize and that is something that isn't always possible due to illness, brain dysfunction, medication, stress, poor diet, etc. The inability of students to memorize basic facts is one of the main challenges of teaching today. Due to brain fog, from chemo, long COVID, and Parkinson's, I'm happy to remember my name so I feel for the kids who are struggling to memorize all the facts they need to know to progress in Bloom's Taxonomy.

[@camerondean6804]

Hey, even Bing needs some love.

[@axela2088]

Bruh. We really just gonna let him roast us like that with that quote "Critical thinking is not criticizing everyone because your great at there rubbish if you want that Twitter, Reddit, or Stack Overflow is the place for you." This quote had me laughing way too hard.

[@alwaysU916]

“and they’re”

[@kalablack6996]

Man, huge respect, the way he taught us, what justin sung couldnt teach, Thank you sir, forever grateful.

[@simiuciacia]

Great video BUT you use guanciale and not pancetta, some italians may not take that lightly :) Used to make the same mistake

[@panos270772]

When each topic acquires a scientific connotation, then as if by magic the latin words disappear and the text is filled with Greek words.

[@sukrisyaep7834]

Very nice looking yourvideo I am from indonesian

[@kalebgonzales4009]

What makes a good carbonara is having an angry Italian next you haha!

[@Earthcrosser]

Expertise has always been a noun and was never a verb!!!

[@Solaar_Punk]

My work would love us to be experts in 5 different subjects so they never have to employ more staff

[@bxnny0374]

Did you use AI for this? The image for step 3 says “APPYY”

[@batlin]

Yes, I dunno about you but I find those AI generated images distracting and offputting.

[@thecaptn1758]

Yes but it says Apply, the last Y is Y AND L :-D

[@NathanKwadade]

1:17 He confuses TAXONOMY (rules of categorization or classification) with TAXIDERMY (he art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals).

[@rengsn4655]

Me as an educator: oh dear god not bloom’s again!

[@pushon10]

You don't use pancetta for carbonara, you use guanciale.

[@manojbp07]

Just keep practicing and try out on real use cases or made up use case... Don't make it so complicated

[@easyfundbles2608]

Bloom's Taxonomy interesting... hmmmm

[@kennysiu-HK]

Professional > expert. Earn a living doing something =\= knowledgeable on something. You would not think someone to be an expert if he could not distinguish a fake case to be a real one. Money, Identity, for example medicine ,software, malware may kill you. Pilot, driver, doctor might be required to response within short time very often with limited information. You may be able to climb up the the top of the world, well with the support of local guide latest technology, the local guides carrying your life supporting equipment living at high attitude for hundreds of generation for thousands of year. Very few people can survive Amazon forest, desert, the peak, the poles. The point is that you just you don't have to / need. I think 90% of the solider would ... in a war

[@Kwibinem69]

What on earth are you on about mate

[@AWAVEINTHEOCEAN-lc5tf]

LOL, "if you are like me and don't have any friends."

[@bobbob12347]

What do you mean you don't have any friends, you have all of us... which are not exactly your friends, but we do enjoy spending time with you... indirectly

[@lolhead7127]

I cant remember things that well so well im doomed

[@johnofoegbu2799]

😂😂😂 Just try

[@Dr_Larken]

The real question is how to become an expert Expert! The most expertest expert ever! Or if you’re an American, you can just identify as one! Because we all know they don’t have any expert’s in biology!

[@marksolomon2362]

Blooms

[@ukghconst]

Expert. Ex is something that as been. (silent S) spert. Is what you get when you put your finger under a tap. 😂

[@sandenium]

So Mr KZbin man, tell us which subject are you gonna be expert in ? And how long will you take?

[@amandadewet4022]

I think Mr youtube man presented this expertly. He got you to view his work and comment on it and now I am commenting. Now that's an expert. We probably both subscribed and liked his video so the algorithm will thrust his video upwards for even more views. Pretty smart I think.😅😮 7:05 7:05

[@kindoblue]

By the way, it is guanciale not pancetta 😉 Not an expert, just Italian

[@JeffSherlock]

Pyramids, and rainbows, now, pyramids that are rainbows. Hmm

[@Legendary_Detective-Wobbuffet]

But how and why? How does someone make a choice, that their entire life is just going to revolve around THAT THING? their time, their other countless desires, their desire to have sex, eat food with friends, buy a car, go to Indonesia and say what's up? WHY? What that sounds like is just...mediocrity mixed with animal desire. Is it just lack of creativity or drive that let's someone pick THAT disk of food they want to learn? When I was a child, I wanted to be a policeman, fireman, and chef (as well as a Ninja Turtle). WHY ARE YOU ALL ABLE TO JUST OUT OF NOWHERE DECIDE YOUR ENTIRE LIVES INSTANTLY THROUGH ONE AND ONLY ONE VERB!?

[@scottpageusmc]

This isn't how it works for everyone. What you're seeing in this video is the same mindset that created the modern school systems throughout the world, and it's a failure for many.

[@goldeneggduck]

Oversimplification and trivialising won't get you very far unless you are selling training materials.

[@martybadboy]

Taxonomy is good. The pyramid is not; it's misleading, much like the food pyramid. 🤷

[@PaulValickas]

The only true fact in this video is you cannot learn anything useful from youtube video.

[@adid7497]

common now, half the video is promotional bullshit

[@G_C340]

??? Leeanderthal has a wife???

[@jayaruu]

Generative art 👎 Opinions discarded

[@cashflow495]

You want to become a master. Not a expert.

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I hate that sign of lgbtq so I didn't watch the video

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Is it a coincidence that we see rainbow colors almost everywhere?

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i really enjoy your videos.