Example of Bloom's Taxonomy

Training levels have been added to the following adaptation of Bloom's taxonomy to corrosion education, with Level 1 corresponding to the easiest goal and level 5 to the most difficult. Typically, goals belonging to levels 4 and 5 would be required of students in their last years of an engineering program, or at the graduate level. Levels 1 to 3 would correspond to difficulties associated with the very first years of any university program.

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Competence
Reproductive Skills Demonstrated
Competence
Productive Skills Demonstrated
Knowledge
What are the units of corrosion penetration rates? (level 1) Relate these to Faraday's law (level 2)
State the characteristics of each type of corrosion testing studied (level 1)
Describe how the linear polarization method can yield corrosion rates (level 3)
List the procedure to draw a mixed potential or Evans' diagram (level 4)
State the guidelines to design an anodic protection system (level 3)
Analysis
From a series of pictures and context description identify the forms of corrosion that were involved in a failure? (level 2)
What could be the consequences to operate a stainless steel vessel with deaerated water when the specifications are written for aerated water ? (level 3)
Evaluate the corrosion monitoring needs of a chemical processing plant and design a cost effective strategy to generate reliable data. (level 5)
Comprehension
Recognize types of corrosion inhibitors (level 1).
Given these five corrosion inhibitors, V, W, X, Y, Z, identify which are passivators (level 2)
What will happen if the pH of a steel vessel was to drop below 6.2 from 10.2? (level 4)
Use the E-pH or Pourbaix diagram of Cr to determine the control current and potential for the anodic protection of a S43000 stainless steel vessel. (level 5)
Synthesis
Following the identification of the forms of corrosion that were involved in a failure, recommend a solution to avoid this failure? (level 3)
Design a testing scenario to assess the susceptibility of an alloy to be used in a given environment? (level 2)
Create a set of guidelines to determine the points of a plant susceptible to localized corrosion. (level 2)
Application
Specify the thickness of a galvanized coating based on atmospheric data? (level 2)
Specify the thickness of a galvanized coating based on atmospheric data? (level 2)
Calculate the number of sacrificial anodes that would be required to form a calcareous deposit on a steel pile immersed in seawater. (level 5)
Evaluation
Choose a paint schedule for the maintenance of an outdoor structure? (level 2)
Evaluate the level of galvanic coupling between two metals using basic kinetic information? (level 4)
Using straight value depreciation, decide between two copper-nickel alloys for the design of a heat exchanger. (level 1)