Bloom's Taxonomy in a Nutshell - StarTalk

Handout 3Synthesis: Bringing together parts of knowledge to form a whole and then extending it to newsituations.Evaluation: Making judgments on the basis of a given set of criteria.Observable Verbs for Writing Cognitive Domain Learning ObjectsSkill Category Description Observable Verbsknowledge recalling information arrangedefineduplicatelabellistmatchmemorizenameorderrecognizerelaterepeatreproducecomprehensionapplicationanalysissynthesisinterpretinginformation in yourown wordsusing knowledge togeneralize in a newsituationbreaking downknowledge intoparts and showingrelationships amongpartsbringing togetherparts of knowledgeto form a whole andthen extending it tonew situationsclassifydescribediscussexplainexpressidentifyindicatelocatechoosedemonstratedramatizeemployillustrateinterpretoperateappraisecalculatecategorizecomparecontrastcriticizediagramdifferentiatearrangeassemblecollectcomposeconstructcreatedesignformulaterecognizereportrestatereviewselectsorttelltranslatepreparepracticeschedulesketchsolveusediscriminatedistinguishexamineexperimentinventoryquestiontestmanageorganizeplanprepareposeset upwriteevaluation making judgments appraise judge2

Handout 3Skill Category Description Observable Verbson the basis of agiven set of criteriaargueassessattackchoosecomparedefendestimatepredictratescoreselectsupportvalueReferencesAnderson, L. W., & Krathwohl, D. R. (Eds.). (2001). A taxonomy for learning, teaching, andassessing: A revision of Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives. New York, NY:Longman.3