Bloom's Taxonomy

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According to Bloom’s Taxonomy, human thinking skills can be broken down into the following six categories.

1. Knowledge: remembering or recalling appropriate, previously learned information to draw out factual (usually right or wrong) answers. Use words and phrases such as: how many, when, where, list, define, tell, describe, identify, etc., to draw out factual answers, testing students' recall and recognition.
2. Comprehension: grasping or understanding the meaning of informational materials. Use words such as: describe, explain, estimate, predict, identify, differentiate, etc., to encourage students to translate, interpret, and extrapolate.
3. Application: applying previously learned information (or knowledge) to new and unfamiliar situations. Use words such as: demonstrate, apply, illustrate, show, solve, examine, classify, experiment, etc., to encourage students to apply knowledge to situations that are new and unfamiliar.
4. Analysis: breaking down information into parts, or examining (and trying to understand the organizational structure of) information. Use words and phrases such as: what are the differences, analyze, explain, compare, separate, classify, arrange, etc., to encourage students to break information down into parts.
5. Synthesis: applying prior knowledge and skills to combine elements into a pattern not clearly there before. Use words and phrases such as: combine, rearrange, substitute, create, design, invent, what if, etc., to encourage students to combine elements into a pattern that's new.
6. Evaluation: judging or deciding according to some set of criteria, without real right or wrong answers. Use words such as: assess, decide, measure, select, explain, conclude, compare, summarize, etc., to encourage students to make judgements according to a set of criteria.

Bloom's Verbs

Knowledge	Comprehend
Count Define Describe Draw Enumerate Find Identify Label List Match Name Quote Read Recall Recite Record Reproduce Select Sequence State Tell View Write	Classify Cite Conclude Convert Describe Discuss Estimate Explain Generalize Give examples Illustrate Interpret Locate Make sense of Paraphrase Predict Report Restate Review Summarize Trace Understand

Apply	Analyze
Act Administer Articulate Assess Change Chart Choose Collect Compute Construct Contribute Control Demonstrate Determine Develop Discover Dramatize Draw Establish Extend Imitate Implement Interview Include Inform Instruct Paint Participate Predict Prepare Produce Provide Relate Report Select Show Solve Transfer Use Utilize	Break down Characterize Classify Compare Contrast Correlate Debate Deduce Diagram Differentiate Discriminate Distinguish Examine Focus Illustrate Infer Limit Outline Point out Prioritize Recognize Research Relate Separate Subdivide

Synthesize

Evaluate

Adapt Anticipate Categorize Collaborate Combine Communicate Compare Compile Compose Construct Contrast Create Design Develop Devise Express Facilitate Formulate Generate Incorporate Individualize Initiate Integrate Intervene Invent Make up Model Modify Negotiate Organize Perform Plan Pretend Produce Progress Propose Rearrange Reconstruct Reinforce Reorganize Revise Rewrite Structure Substitute Validate

Appraise Argue Assess Choose Compare & Contrast Conclude Criticize Critique Decide Defend Evaluate