Most classroom questions ask students to remember. A Bloom taxonomy question bank helps you go further: a set of questions organized by the six thinking levels, from remembering a definition to creating something new, each with the answer you expect. With it you can build a review, a test or a class discussion in minutes. This guide shows how to create one with Didaktos AI in five steps, with screenshots of the app and a 6th grade math example on ratios and rates.
The six levels of Bloom’s taxonomy
Level
Students…
Typical question starters
Remember
recall facts and definitions
What is…? List… Name…
Understand
explain ideas in their own words
Why…? Explain… Summarize…
Apply
use what they learned in a new situation
Solve… Use… Calculate…
Analyze
compare, break down, find relationships
Compare… Which is better…? What is the difference…?
Evaluate
judge and justify a decision
Is it correct…? Defend… Which would you choose and why?
Create
produce something original
Design… Write… Invent…
A good question bank includes all six, so you can pick easy questions to warm up and harder ones to stretch students who are ready.
How to create a Bloom taxonomy question bank in 5 steps
Step 1: Choose Bloom Question Bank
Open Didaktos AI, click the Assessment category and choose Bloom Question Bank in Resource Type.
In Assessment, choose Bloom Question Bank.
Step 2: Describe the topic
Set the Subject, Grade Level and Context / Standard. The Output Format changes to CSV Table by itself, so the bank comes out as a table. In Topic / Instructions, name the topic, the concepts it covers and what you will use the questions for.
Ratios and rates for 6th grade: equivalent ratios, unit rates and ratio tables. Use shopping and recipe contexts. Students have just finished the unit and I want questions for review and the unit test.
Describe the topic, the grade and what the questions are for.
Tip: a real-life context (shopping, recipes, sports) makes the Apply, Analyze and Evaluate questions much better.
Step 3: Review the question bank
Press Generate Resource. You get between 18 and 24 questions, three or four for each level, in a table with four columns: Level, Question, Expected answer and Difficulty.
Every question comes with its Bloom level, the expected answer and a difficulty.
The expected answer is for you: use it to check answers quickly or to guide a discussion. Solve the math questions yourself before using them.
Step 4: Add the questions you need
Press Edit and ask in plain words. For example: “Add 4 more Analyze and Evaluate questions about best buys at the supermarket”, “Make the Remember questions multiple choice” or “Remove the Create level”.
Ask for more questions at the levels you need.
Step 5: Turn it into a quiz or download it
Press the Create quiz quick action and Didaktos builds a ready-to-use quiz with an answer key from the bank. Or download the bank as a CSV file and open it in Excel or Google Sheets, where you can filter by level or difficulty and reuse the questions all year.
Turn the bank into a ready-to-use quiz, or download it as a CSV to filter by level.
Five ways to use your question bank
Unit review: start with Remember and Understand, finish with Evaluate.
Differentiation: give each group questions at the level they are ready for.
Exit tickets: pick one Apply question to check the day’s lesson.
Class discussion: use Analyze and Evaluate questions as debate prompts.
Unit test: combine questions from every level, or send the bank to the AI exam maker.
