Designing Middle and High School Instruction and Assessment: Using the Cognitive Domain »

Built on Bloom’s Taxonomy, this resource helps middle and high school teachers write measurable, standards-based lesson plan objectives and develop assessments in the content areas.

Acknowledgments vii

About the Authors ix

Introduction 1

1 Deconstructing the Standards 5

2 Writing Unit and Daily Instructional Objectives 15

3 Writing True-False and Completion Items and Matching Exercises 37

4 Writing Multiple-Choice Items 59

5 Writing Short-Answer and Essay Items 73

6 Performance-Based Assessment 99

7 Portfolios 115

8 Conclusion 129

Further Readings 131

References 135

Index 137