Objectives and Assessment Toolsīelow are examples of objectives written for each level of Bloom's Taxonomy and activities and assessment tools based on those objectives. Depending on the nature of the course, a few of these levels may need to be given more emphasis than the others.
Ideally, each of these levels should be covered in each course and, thus, at least one objective should be written for each level. Evaluation: judging or forming an opinion about the information or situation.Synthesis: combination of facts, ideas, or information to make a new whole.Analysis: breaking down information into component parts.Application: correct use of the facts, rules, or ideas.Comprehension: understanding what the facts mean.Knowledge: rote memorization, recognition, or recall of facts.Presenting and defending opinions by making judgments about information, validity of ideas or quality of work based on a set of criteria.Īward, choose, conclude, criticize, decide, defend, determine, dispute, evaluate, judge, justify, measure, compare, mark, rate, recommend, rule on, select, agree, interpret, explain, appraise, prioritize, opinion, support, importance, criteria, prove, disprove, assess, influence, perceive, value, estimate, influence, deductĪction Verbs for Stating Cognitive OutcomesĪccording to Benjamin Bloom, and his colleagues, there are six levels of cognition: Solving problems by applying acquired knowledge, facts, techniques and rules in a different way.Īpply, build, choose, construct, develop, interview, make use of, organize, experiment with, plan, select, solve, utilize, model, identifyĮxamining and breaking information into parts by identifying motives or causes making inferences and finding evidence to support generalizations.Īnalyze, categorize, classify, compare, contrast, discover, dissect, divide, examine, inspect, simplify, survey, take part in, test for, distinguish, list, distinction, theme, relationships, function, motive, inference, assumption, conclusionĬompiling information together in a different way by combining elements in a new pattern or proposing alternative solutionsīuild, choose, combine, compile, compose, construct, create, design, develop, estimate, formulate, imagine, invent, make up, originate, plan, predict, propose, solve, solution, suppose, discuss, modify, change, original, improve, adapt, minimize, maximize, delete, theorize, elaborate, test, improve, happen, change Who, what, why, when, omit, where, which, choose, find, how, define, label, show, spell, list, match, name, relate, tell, recall, selectĭemonstrating understanding of facts and ideas by organizing, comparing, translating, interpreting, giving descriptions and stating main ideas.Ĭompare, contrast, demonstrate, interpret, explain, extend, illustrate, infer, outline, relate, rephrase, translate, summarize, show, classify Level Categories, Attributes and KeywordsĮxhibits previously learned material by recalling facts, terms, basic concepts and answers.