Sample Table of Specifications
For
Art History and Appretiation

	Bloom's Taxonomy
Subject Content	Knowledge & Comprehension	Application	Analysis, Synthesis &Evaluation	TOTALS
Art History	40%	5%	5%	50%
Art Appreciation	5%	5%	40%	50%
TOTALS	45%	10%	45%	100%

Rationale:

• Both topics equally important so = 50% each
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• art history requires more memorization of names and dates, so relatively more weight on knowledge and comprehension than on analysis, synthesis, or evaluation.
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• art appreciation requires student to analyze art object and synthesize personal respons to produce critique (evaluation), so this unit will have relatively more weight on higher mental activities
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• table achieves overall balance between lower and higher mental activities

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