Most people make the mistake of seeing the Bloom's taxonomy as a method of studying, it is in a sense, but it is the way you apply it that actually gets you grades. The first thing people need to realize is that the taxonomy levels are not a staging system. If you are at level 6, you use the previous 5 levels at the same time. you don't apply them one at a time.

Memorize < Understand < Apply < Analyze < Generalize < Reconceptualize < Unify < Evaluate < Create

I've never heard of Bloom's Taxonomy, but funnily enough, my reading teacher taught us critical thinking in a similar way using who, what, when, where, why, and how. It relates pretty well. What do you think? Remembering Who: Identify key figures. What: Recall specific facts. When: Remember dates and timelines. Where: Recognize locations. Understanding What: Explain ideas or concepts. Why: Clarify reasons or causes. How: Describe processes or mechanisms. Applying How: Use information in new situations. Analyzing Why: Investigate motives or causes. How: Break down information into components and understand their relationships. Evaluating Why: Justify decisions or conclusions. What: Critique or compare different ideas or solutions. Creating How: Formulate new ideas or projects. What: Construct new patterns or structures. Also complete side note. What is your opinion on how an internal monologue affects higher thinking? (I've read some people don't have them?)

The chat gpt prompt regarding the blooms taxonomy and how you can use the software to generate questions for you is phenomenal. I’ve never thought about it that way, and it’s so intuitive.

I feel like the “higher levels” are reserved for those who are genuinely interested in and, ideally, PASSIONATE about what they’re learning. That comes from desire.

One of your best videos. Blooms taxonomy changed my work. Evaluating is Analyzing are THE things that made me increase my writing of papers and finish my master thesis.

Level 7: Invent a useful new language or framework for solving problems.

When I was on a consulting job in China, we had a lovely young interpreter. After a week of becoming familiar with each other, I asked her what her degree was. She answered that she had a master's degree in chemical engineering, specializing in reaction kinetics, one of the hardest areas in chemical engineering. I then asked her if she had always wanted to work in that field and she said that she had wanted to be a teacher. I then asked her why she had not entered that field. She replied that she had not scored high enough on the tests. What a wonderfully different attitude about the teaching profession compared to America.

Level 6 is when you enter your physics class, read the book and start writing your own formulas.

I watched a ton of your videos and I can say without a doubt that If I were to ever advice ONLY ONE video about learning, this would be it, you just summarise your 4 years of contents creation into one video. Thanks again for the value and the work.

Richard Feynman is a example of level 6 of thinking

At French high school there was every Friday a 4 hour test (3pm to 7pm), one week it was Math, he other Physics, but always 5 questions, two exercises and 3 problems, the 3rd problem was always like nothing you've seen before, but that you had enough different things' knowledge that in combination would be the key to solve it.

Just saw this video and I appreciate it. I graduated high school with a 2.96 GPA, years ago. I started college recently and completed my first year with a 4.06/4.0 GPA taking classes up to Calc 3, Chemistry, and Physics 2. Other students always ask how I do it and I tell them the same thing every time. The method I came up with is pretty simple. 1. I tell everyone to just do practice problems “exam style” and take notes on the practice problems while doing them. Take notes on what you’re confused about, how you think it’s solved, ect. Like a short diary entry just talking about the problem. 2. Then I tell them to take notes on them again when they go back to grade it and see what what’s right or wrong. 3. Finally I tell them to let intuition take the wheel on the rest, while focusing on the first two steps and getting the correct answers “exam style”. By “Exam style” I mean without using ANY external resources to do the practice problems. You can use them when you’re reviewing your answers.

Mathematicians working casually in level 6 by generating theorems ... I see this is true, many mathematicians thinking for a problem in weeks, months and even years.

Never seen an educational channel express ideas like this before. I can relate because I am a research student and i went through this different levels of thinking independently starting from my time at high school. This is truly a unique and useful channel. Keep posting ❤️

Please go deeper. I’m so perplexed about studying History. When I understand, I forget facts. When I learn facts, I do not remember what it was about. And in history both are important, esp. remembering facts is so difficult.

This really hits me in a plethora of ways. In elementary school I would sit, stare out of the window (I read that in my year book as I didn't remember all of this) most of the time not even responding to someone directing a question at me and barely making any notes. My teachers would identify this as a problem. I had an attention problem they would say. I'm only ever good at things I'm interested in and I have the capacity to get basically any grade at any time even if it's the same topic. Other people around me like my mom or my granddad would say I'm slow. I wouldn't respond as quickly as they deemed appropriate I took my time with the things I did. I also would seem super nervous all the time and have ticks like twitching my nose and pinching my eyes. I mean I also wore glasses and they put some real pressure onto my nose you could even see indentations after a couple of hours wearing them, so that probably didn't help either. But it feels like it came from coping with the mental stress of being in analytical mode all the time. And I can't remember when or how it happened but at some point I just came to believe that they must be right and there is something wrong with me and I'm simply to slow for basically anything. Later I came to a realization. I looked at some old tests of mine and something struck me. Almost all the answers I've ever given were correct. In some examinations I simply had answered way fewer of the questions as opposed to others. I always felt like surprised that time is over. Time never really meant anything to me. Still doesn't to this very day. Later in high school it was basically the same. I would make almost no notes at all. Maybe like 10% of what the others were writing when they were copying entire blackboards full of information into their work books. I never did that. I just listened and thought. I just recently realized that, my brain is simply in analyze mode most of the time. The less meaningful the question to me the quicker I am. Teachers in elementary would say I won't make it at high school (we have two different systems of high school in Germany) and gave their advice for the easier path. I chose the hard one. Now why would I do that if I really felt basically anything was too hard for me. It was really hard, because it still all depended on time. And for me answering a question could take anywhere from 1minute to 10minutes. Depending on how far my analytical mode took me away from simply answering the question in the most straight forward way possible. You know now that I think about it I was more likely operating at level 5, because trying to find the best answer to a question without evaluating the different possible answers doesn't make any sense. And it really always was for me about finding not just an answer but the most appropriate one. Hell I even knew how to cheat the system. There was this one year when my mom would promise me my first own PC when I got good grades. That was 98' a household with a PC was rare back then. And low and behold with a few exceptions I got only As and was suddenly best of class. All it took was giving the textbook answers. how dull. I still remember how the best students and teachers alike were completely mind-boggled. I wasn't. I knew how I'd done it. I simply focused on what I wanted only memorized the necessary information and puked it onto the paper. That's how you get best grades in our broken school system. Sadly college wasn't any different. If anything it was even worse. Yes. I made college. The slow poke who wasn't fit to make advanced high school. I haven't even used flash cards except for this one time where I learned the hardcore way for an exam I literally hadn't done anything for the entire semester. I started about 4 hours before the exam puked everything on paper and went to bed. Passed. School doesn't require you to be smart, it only requires you to be diligent. That's why I hated it; it was awfully boring. I wish I would think less though. At least for the majority of time. Would make things a lot easier.

It is just fabulous for me that I have gone through all of these levels for some questions in my senior secondary school (12th in Indian standards) but I didn't know how to do it

If i wanted to "learn more efficiently" by someone guiding me, as in a teacher, then i would want a teacher like this one. He presents things well. In a way that gets the idea or message, into the brain, efficiently. I appreciate being able to say that. 🙋🤔🙋

Thanks to going into level 6 thinking (after being in his course for a year) i am understanding deeply things faster and faster, and my grades at a top 10 worldwide business school are among the best in my class, so i would encourage anyone to try that level. That's the thinking level of someone who is having a lot of ideas/hypothesis. Also you get the real satisfaction of gaining true knowledge, which in my experience is far superior than excellent grade. Thank you so much Justin really.

Because many professional programmers, recommends to beginners building their own projects, for exploring programming or a topic. Thank you very much, this video too helpful :) !

This is the most important video for studying I've ever watched. THANK YOU! This explains why I can "understand" everything for the MCAT but keep forgetting it. I need to start at level 5. Incredible!!! Thank you again sir!

This is for sure the most important educational single video that I've seen in my hole life. I created this account specifically to watch content to learn new things, and I'm glad I've found this jewel. For sure I'm taking his program in a near future.

“Since the day I started school, I’ve been struggling to learn things, falling again and again. Today, I finally understand why. Now it’s time to show how to learn effectively, by going from level 5 to level 1. Thank you for this valuable knowledge. I’d love to see more helpful videos like this!”

The way I learned music reminds me of the last part of this video. I took some private lessons late in my high school career and took music theory classes in college, but at the same time was playing improvisational music at a church. I had to figure out how to create musical parts in real time without any written music without really having much time with the rudiments but having some theory knowledge. I’ve always felt that it was a top down approach; and it enabled me to be able to play at a high level in a relatively short period of time. It was essentially like navigating one’s way through a forest by starting with a map of the forest whereas the traditional music student was starting with a diagram of cell of a tree. Starting with that level of detail will likely keep most from ever being a higher level performing musician.

Thank you dr sung….this is literally what examiners and tutors never ever tell us…and resultantly we end up thinking we are not route learning enough and we need to absorb more and more information…..

Surprisingly great video. The plot twist at the end of starting from the top and working down makes so much sense! And how elegant that our brains work that way! I was a mediocre uni student but over the last few years I've been creating alternative systems for learning music and philosophy, so very level 6 thinking, and all the lower levels came much easier from doing that. If you wanna learn, understand and use all the parts of a boat... try to build a boat!

I don't think I've ever thought about learning in this way before! Thanks for the video

This video blew my mind! No matter how long or hard I study for, I always felt like something was missing in my study routine - now I know what it was. 😄

This was really enlightening. I realize now that I’ve never really gotten to level 5… upon introspection, I find that the barrier that keeps me from learning at higher levels is laziness.

Level 0: Letting others think for you. Level 4.5: Observation (of others’ thinking processes)

Thank you for clarifying and not only showing the road map but the best way to get there. Even though, as you mentioned, this knowledge was explained before but you are very instrumental in the usage of this knowledge and putting it in practice. Thank you again!

😢Im trying to make an efficient study system using 1)perrio 2)blooms taxonomy 3)ladders technique 4) pomodoro 5) spaced Repetition Thanks to justin sung for his precious advices ❤.

Yes! Absolutely love this video. I’d definitely would like to see you go in depth on the last part you mentioned 🙏🏽

This is pure gold, I’m glad I found this

I remain proficient at levels 1 through 5 by keeping whiteboards on all my walls to keep me constantly thinking about mathematical ideas, frameworks, notations, theorems, connections. I was doing my best to be on level 6 to work on the Riemann Hypothesis for about 6 or 7 years. The thinking is exhilarating so it becomes easier to be on level 6 for around 5-10 hours at a time on average.

This is a stunning breakdown of the thinking process! Thank you for making this amazing video!

by faaaar the best video to ever be uploaded on this channel

Love from Japan. You ARE a Genius.

This provided so much more than I expected and helped me understand why people that start with a mission to solve something, get a much better understanding of the bits below. I was expecting a rehash of some taxonomy but this was much better.

This is your best video. Period. Now please make the sequel with a live demonstration video and that will help people of this earth.

Hi Justin! Thank you so much, this may be the best understood explanation yet

Love your videos Justin, please keep making these videos as your course doesn't quite fit my life goals and I live in Australia but have used your techniques in learning new skills and changing careers and has been amazing.

This could change lives in junior high. VALUABLE information.

Trust me this is the most transparent way anyone has explained bloom's taxonomy. thank you for making this doctor.

I really liked it, being a researcher I must know how to learn most efficiently at the first place , and level 6 is my kinda level ..

The best video on thinking and learning I've seen in a while. Thanks

Very simple, easy to understand, and use. Very respectable video. Nice work!

Levels of learning and not of thinking. I think it should be mentioned this way

You have essentially taught a rationalized version of 起承転結 process. (起)Introduction/Noticing--->(承)Development; (転)Oppositional/Contrast Introduction--->(結)Development/Reuniting/Unification/Binding. Translated into English, the idea is essentially living in the moment. You notice a thing, think about the thing, think of it's oppositional function, think of what that function is represented by in the visual realm which ties it back together to initial thing noticed. Example: (1) Noticing a pillow i.e. you memorize. (2) Thinking about what a pillow even is, it's purpose i.e. starting understanding ---> Pillow's function: Sleeping --> Sleeping is regaining energy, rest, dreams, comfort, unconscious; //HOWEVER. (3)&(4) would be switched in this methodology. Instead of Application and then Contrasting, you apply Contrast first & then find it's Application. (3) Thinking about relationships, contrast, yin&yang. In this instance oppositional adjectives would be: Depleting energy, moving, living, suffering and bitterness, aware. (4) Searching for Memorized Information i.e. associations i.e. applying, etc. Depleting, Moving, Living, Pain ---> Shoes & tying together instinctively: Pillow is being used for the entire night; Shoes are being worn almost the entire day. Objects that have a functional relationship. In any case, I find it interesting. This is an eastern way of thought originating in China, most heavily applied within Japanese societies. Curious to see what a professional medic thinks about this cognitive process. Am of the view that this is a fundamental cognitive baseline difference being prioritized, creating the general east/west dichotomy for westernized individuals i.e. trouble relating to the cultural attitudes and perspective within here. Thanks for reading, maybe something valuable can be gained out of this comment.

As always a brilliant video! I'm so grateful for all the efforts you do by making everything easy understandable and applicable .

they way you taught truly did open my mind. Thank u so much

I usually go up to level three when studying for any of my tests. Being able to apply what you’ve learned is definitely one of the most important things to be able to do.

Your most useful video so far IMO

as a student in highschool, who thought its too late for anything, this is so much of a moral booster. thank you so much, and keep up the good work man

This is the best way to stay focused and mentally strong. We can achieve greater things with this.Thank you

Justin sung, what else could we ask of. Lots of love from Nigeria.

In India, students of 16-17 years reach level 4-5 if they're going through the prep of Engineering or Medical Entrance Tests! But after the video, I see its much different for other countries!

wow! I also learnt English this way to level up from B2 to C1! Now I can understand your generalized method to apply for studying other fields! Thank you very much ❤❤❤

You’re a genius. Well fleshed out and helps me understand better on why I do things in certain ways and manners that may annoy those who don’t think at similar levels. The disconnect can be jarring especially when it comes to problem solving at the workplace.

Summary There are six levels of thinking that every student should master, leading to different levels of results. Many students struggle to reach higher levels of thinking, causing stress and frustration. Learning to think deliberately at the right level is crucial for academic success. Highlights 📚 Six levels of thinking every student should master 🤔 Most students get stuck in the lower levels of thinking ⏰ Thinking at the wrong level causes stress and wastes time 💪 Deliberate thinking is key to achieving top academic results 🧠 Level five thinking is crucial for reaching top results 📖 Bloom’s revised taxonomy is an underrated principle for learning 🎓 Level six thinking is less important for most people Key Insights 🔄 Moving from lower levels of thinking to higher ones takes time and effort, but it is essential for academic success. Students should aim to think at level five to achieve top results. (💪) 🧠 Bloom’s revised taxonomy provides a framework for understanding different levels of thinking. It is an important tool for educators and learners to enhance learning efficiency. (📖) ⏰ The misinterpreted effort hypothesis often prevents students from improving their thinking abilities. Many students avoid higher levels of thinking because they perceive it as more challenging and time-consuming. (⏰) 📚 Level four thinking, which involves comparing and contrasting information, is crucial for higher-order learning. Developing analytical skills and using techniques like Venn diagrams and mind maps can enhance level four thinking. (🧠) 🎓 Level six thinking, which involves creating hypotheses, is less important for most people. It is primarily relevant for individuals at the highest levels of education or in specialized professions. (🎓)

Sir as you said level 4 and level 5 are time consuming but every effective which i agree to. But how do we do this type of learning in Medical school with such a vast syllabus and less time duration?

doing it starting from lvl 5 feels like you're detective seeing the result of series of events that happened and trying to understand everything by gathering data / evidence, asking people perspective and forming a conclusion out of that. It feels more engaging than just blindly memorizing facts and information first

Phenomenal. Good thing to know I am stuck on lvl 2. I have to now try and not forget this video

Master ShiFu: "There is no such thing as level zero." "Well, there is now a level zero."

irony is that i do think at level upto 4 but can't do level 1 ( cus it sucks)😭😭😂😂. imo level 1 is the hardest , atleast other levels are actually fun to do

This Ievels are exactly what a designer uses in their lives to fulfill a given task. But have to appreciate the way you portrayed it as levels and not design rules. Now people not in particular from this background can have a holistic approach rather.

I cant wait to look out for what kinds of thinking I use and how well that matches up with the results Im getting Thanks so much

Meanwhile jee advance exam being lvl5 to 6 on average

Please be first

Dr. Sung - my heartiest thanks to you. This video unlocked the meaning of deep encoding and deep learning for me finally; I finally can ditch the anki circle of learning by brute force.

I am really thankful you explained the idea so easily and beautifully. This idea is truly new to me. I request you to please make a detailed video for the method two. It'll be a great help to us. Thanks!

Thanks Justin, for everything, and I mean everything, I can't thank you enough. I'd love you do dive more into the material, thanks

Thank you so much, Justin ♥️♥️

Thanks, I didn't even think about it that way. I only went up to analyzing and that too rarely. It feels so draining when you reach level 6 though, but it makes the rest of the levels faster and easier.

Thanks for the tips...am returning to uni next year after many years and this would definitely help. Thanks again.

Thanks for the great explanation of Bloom's Taxonomy! I was stuck at levels 4 and 5 (analyze and evaluate) in my thesis research. As an engineering student, I know methods like FMEA and the V-model, but explanation on Bloom’s Taxonomy really helped me understand the thinking process I was missing. It's been super helpful!

How did i not know this before? thank you Dr.Justin! I know i am lacking when it comes to analytical skills and was wondering how to think...why does nobody talk about this? This might be the solution. I cannot be more grateful

Im really loving this channel. Makes complete sense, I try and teach level 4/5 as a lecturer but not many of my students are ready to think that way, perhaps partly because I am not teaching a very high level course and often over deliver what is required. I really love sitting down with myself and trying to design a new way to explore and come up with a hypothesis on a new idea though, something I wish I had the time to do constantly. Having thought deeply about certain topics, this all makes complete sense and is very helpful to know the mechanisms in action.

My brother is a genius. He is just as same as you described a genius.

Great Video. I love your breakdowns. Keep it up man. And THANK you.

I really love your content and appreciate the generosity of what you share for free. Once I have the funds I will definitely sign up to your course, I have learned so much in the last week from watching your videos. This video is very illuminating for me, I did an arts degree and then trained as a teacher, I paid a lot of attention to rubrics but this explains the rubric for writing rubrics if you know what I mean! Much better explanation of the differences between compare and contrast and evaluate than I found in any of the academic skills material at my uni for grad students tbh! Thank you

I've been bouncing between level 3-4, so this helped out a lot in understanding how to study

This video got me springing out of bed with the amount of ideas in it. Definitely love how you briefly explained the concept but, still, straight to the point. Will be using this is University.

Excellent video! Thank you for these explanations

Loved this video and would definitely love to see another ,maybe even a bit longer, one going deeper into the subject.

Thank you for saying something that I've been thing about considerable time.

Great video! Very helpful. Yes, please go deeper.

Thanks so much, you have inspired me to learn how to study better in a single video, I’m an architecture student and I’ll jump right to mathematics for my second degree after finishing architecture, learning how to learn will be essential to accomplish my goals and actually growing in the process. Appreciate you ❤

easily your best video, extremely helpful for students like us

Amazing explanation. Thanks!

This actually helped me a lot and made me realized that I'm in the level 4 zone and for the years that I've been studying I always feel that I'm missing something, not until I've watched your video. Thank you for sharing this knowledge❤. It will surely help me study more effectively and apply it in real time. (Sorry if there's some mistakes/wrong grammar english is my 2nd language😅)

Awesome....need deep evaluation for sure

Thanks a lot, Dr. Justin. I've thought of the taxonomy this way before. And yes, please do go deeper. I'm interested to see how I can apply it better for my learning.

Nice explanation! Thanks. As a UX researcher, I probably do a lot of level 6 thinking by creating hypotheses for my research studies and then looking for answers and testing those hypos.

I'm glad that this video was in my recommendation page! very useful knowledge thank you

awesome prompt! I gave it a twist like this: generate questions that test the subject matter "SQL databases" at each level of Bloom's revised taxonomy, and it's very very good. Thanks!

Love these comparisons!

It make sense everything he says. I 100 percent agree with everything he says. Because i had experienced everything what he says , from top level learners. Thanks for everything

Awesome video. Blooms taxonomy and memory decay curve were worth the watch alone