Bloom’s Taxonomy
| LEVEL | DEFINITION | SAMPLE VERBS |
|---|---|---|
| Remembering | Student is able to recall or recognize ideas, information, and principles that were learned. | Write List Label Describe State Find Define |
| Understanding | Student is able to explain and comprehend ideas and concepts based on prior learning. | Summarize Paraphrase Compare Illustrate Infer Interpret |
| Applying | Student is able to select, transfer, and use data and principles to complete a task or solve a problem in another familiar situation. | Compute Solve Implement Demonstrate Apply Construct |
| Analyzing | Student is able to break down knowledge into parts to explore understandings and relationships; sees how parts relate to each other and an overall structure/purpose. | Analyze Deconstruct Compare Contrast Distinguish Differentiate Organize |
| Evaluating | Student is able to justify a decision or course of action through assessing and critiquing ideas and concepts using specific standards and criteria. | Recommend Critique Judge Hypothesize |
| Creating | Student is able to develop, integrate, and combine ideas into a product, plan or way of viewing things that is new to him or her. | Construct Design Theorize Invent Synthesize |