Bernie's Taxonomy

Bernie's Taxonomy is similar to that of Bloom's do to the fact that they are both creating an authentic webquest. Bernie's Taxonomy starts with life verbs such as decide, design, create, predict and judge. Then, classroom verbs which are know, tell and remember. In the center, he has apply, analyze and explain. So to create a successful webquest you need to decide what the topic is, design and create the topic information, predict what the students will learn and judge if they have learned the subject. You, need to have the students apply the knowledge they gain, analyze it and explain how it works. Then, the student will be able to know what they have learned, tell the teacher about it and remember it for future reference. The webquest has to be in a format so that the student knows what you are asking of them. Open-ended questions are best it gives them time to personalize and internalize the answer. There are no wrong answers, it just takes them to a higher level of learning. Bernie also recommends that the webquest not be a procedure, a factual recall, topics that they are learning in their textboooks, and update on a task, or inauthentic task, single facet topics and absolutely no essays.