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Recommended Citation: Mohtashami, M and J M Scher. Application of Bloom's Cognitive Domain Taxonomy to Database Design. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2000, v 17 (Philadelphia): §918.

Application of Bloom's Cognitive Domain Taxonomy to Database Design

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Mojgan Mohtashami    [a1] [a2]
Department of Computer and Information Science
New Jersey Institute of Technology    [u1] [u2]
Newark, New Jersey, USA    [c1] [c2]

Julian Matthew Scher    [a1] [a2]
Department of Computer and Information Science
New Jersey Institute of Technology    [u1] [u2]
Newark, New Jersey, USA    [c1] [c2]

Database System Design is a required course is nearly all undergraduate Computer Science and Information Systems curricula. We reflect upon a critical re-examination of our teaching of such a course in Database Design, invoking the tiers of learning espoused by Bloom, and propose some recommendations in light of desired levels of thinking skills and the availability of recently developed software applications, which, when properly invoked, engage our students in a broad range of learning activities, from the base level of knowledge attainment, to the transforming of students into dual roles as teachers of database topics, enabling them to reach the highest levels of learning.

Keywords: database design, Bloom's taxonomy, learner involvement, authoring tools, AVI movies, crossword puzzles

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