Teaching and Assessing Basic Concepts to Advanced Applications: Using Bloom's Taxonomy to Inform Graduate Course Design (Report‪)‬

ABSTRACT Graduate students expect to draw on their experience and expertise to participate in high level discussions and engage in advanced applications of the course material. However the varied backgrounds of the students frequently necessitate a review of the basic concepts in order for the class to have a common understanding and vocabulary. The instructor's challenge is to design a course that can progress from basic concepts to advanced applications within a single semester. In this paper, Bloom's Taxonomy of educational objectives is utilized to guide course design and assessment considerations. The development of a core MBA level organizational behavior course will serve as an example.