Use of Databases in K-12
Teachers in K-12 classrooms use databases to help students analyze data, make predictions, or describe unknowns.  Look at the chart below to see how databases encourage various levels of thinking

Blooms Taxonomy and Databases
Level of Thought Description Database Activities
Knowledge Name, locate, tell, list, repeat, point to Look up facts.
Comprehension Define, summarize, infer, project, describe Build question sequences.
Application Use, solve, adapt, relate, perform  Draw conclusions from related facts.
Analysis Compare, classify, screen, test for, examine Build a final product based on conclusions drawn from the database.
Synthesis Create, develop build, design, compile, generate Design a database.
Evaluation Judge, reject, criticize, rate, rank Judge work against the merits of others (the experts).
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Building Bridges with Technology
Boise State University, 2003