Organizing Learning for Clarity, Flow, and Growth
Instructional design isn’t just about what you teach, but rather how you organize it. Three foundational strategies that help learners absorb complex content are:
- Chunking – breaking information into manageable units
- Sequencing – arranging those units in a logical order
- Scaffolding – providing temporary support that fades over time
Together, these approaches make learning more structured, more accessible, and more aligned with how humans actually process information.
What Is Chunking?
Bloom’s Taxonomy is a hierarchical model used to classify educational learning objectives by levels of complexity and specificity. Developed in 1956 by Benjamin Bloom and colleagues, it helps educators design lessons, assessments, and outcomes that encourage higher-order thinking instead of simple memorization.
A revised version of the taxonomy (2001, Anderson & Krathwohl) updated the model to focus on active verbs rather than nouns, making it more practical for 21st-century learning design.
What Is Sequencing?
Bloom’s Taxonomy is a hierarchical model used to classify educational learning objectives by levels of complexity and specificity. Developed in 1956 by Benjamin Bloom and colleagues, it helps educators design lessons, assessments, and outcomes that encourage higher-order thinking instead of simple memorization.
A revised version of the taxonomy (2001, Anderson & Krathwohl) updated the model to focus on active verbs rather than nouns, making it more practical for 21st-century learning design.
What Is Scaffolding?
Bloom’s Taxonomy is a hierarchical model used to classify educational learning objectives by levels of complexity and specificity. Developed in 1956 by Benjamin Bloom and colleagues, it helps educators design lessons, assessments, and outcomes that encourage higher-order thinking instead of simple memorization.
A revised version of the taxonomy (2001, Anderson & Krathwohl) updated the model to focus on active verbs rather than nouns, making it more practical for 21st-century learning design.
