Chapter 8: Exploring Bloom’s Taxonomy as a Bridge to Evaluativism: Conceptual Clarity and Implications for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing

The importance of theory and research associated with personal epistemology, or beliefs about knowledge and knowing, has been firmly established in educational and related fields. Current research provides evidence that personal epistemology plays a crucial role in the learning of individuals, such as its impact on argumentation, problem-solving, and achievement. The role of teachers’ views of knowledge is also a key body of work that includes how teacher and student beliefs may interact (e.g., Muis & Foy, 2010), the influence of the classroom climate (e.g., DeCorte, Op’t Eynde, Depaepe, & Verchaffel, 2010), and how teacher education can equip instructors with the knowledge and skills to advance the personal epistemologies of their students and themselves (e.g., Brownlee, Schraw, & Berthelsen, 2011; Kuhn, 2005).