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Encouraging higher-order thinking

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Encouraging higher-order thinking

- There is a big difference between asking someone to understand how the heart works and asking them to do open-heart surgery. The same is true of developing and designing learning experiences. It takes a lot more than basic knowledge of the subject matter. You must consider the cognitive hierarchy of thought and understanding to determine what type of mastery you want your learners to have. And there is no better tool to guide us than Bloom's taxonomy. Dr. Benjamin Bloom created this tool to promote higher forms of thinking and education. And over 60 years later, it still works. The framework consists of six major categories. When looking at all of the categories, they start at the bottom with the simplest form of thinking and then build from there. The idea is that as you are moving the learner to this next level, you've provided a foundation of thought from the previous level. Let's take a look at each one and how they apply to best utilize LinkedIn Learning resources. The first is…

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