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To address this gap, this paper proposes a hybrid recommendation approach for adaptive worksheet generation that integrates content-based and collaborative filtering with explicit pedagogical constraints derived from Bloom\u2019s Revised Taxonomy. The system ranks and selects learning and evaluation objects across cognitive levels by combining learner profiles, behavioural signals, and similarity-based information within a unified scoring framework. A simulation-based evaluation was conducted to examine the internal behaviour, stability, and instructional alignment of the recommendation engine under controlled conditions, using Bloom-aligned worksheets and synthetic learner profiles. The analysis focuses on expected\u2013actual alignment and adaptive variation across cognitive levels rather than learning outcomes. Results indicate strong alignment with the intended instructional structure at lower cognitive levels, while bounded and interpretable adaptive variation emerges at higher levels. Evaluation object recommendations showed high agreement with the instructional design, exceeding 95% across simulated conditions. 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