Webbs DOK vs Blooms Taxonomy in Social Studies
Adapted from: Cognitive Complexity: Applying Webb DOK Levels to Blooms Taxonomy and Applying Webbs Depth of Knowledge Levels in Social Studies by Karin K. Hess
KNOWLEDGE COMPREHENSION
Define, duplicate, classify, describe, discuss,
label, list, memorize, explain, express, identify,
name, order, indicate, locate,
recognize, relate, recognize, report, restate,
recall, reproduce, review, select
state
- List/generate ideas - Identify or describe
or research features of places or
- Recall or people
recognition of: fact, - Identify key figures in a
DOK 1 term, concept, particular context
Recall and trend, - Describe or explain
Reproduction generalization, who, what, where,
events, or when
documents - Identify specific
information in maps,
charts, etc.
Give examples and - Describe cause-effect
non-examples to of particular events
illustrate an - Describe or explain
idea/concept how (relationships or
results), why, points of
DOK 2 view, processes,
Skills and significance, or impact.
Concepts - Identify patterns in
events or behavior.
- Identify and summarize
the major events,
problems, solutions,
conflicts
Recognize and - Write full composition
explain using varied sentences
misconceptions types and structures to
DOK 3 related to concepts. meet purpose
- Explain, generalize, or
Strategic
connect ideas using
Thinking/ supporting evidence
Reasoning - Make and support
inferences about
implied causes and
effects
- Write full composition
demonstrating
synthesis and analysis
DOK 4 of complex ideas
- Compare multiple
Extended
works by same author,
Thinking across time periods,
genres, etc.
APPLICATION
Apply, choose,
demonstrate, dramatize,
employ, illustrate, interpret,
practice, schedule, sketch,
solve, use, write
- Use resources to
edit/revise
- Distinguish between fact
and opinion
- Give examples and non-
examples to illustrate a
concept.
- Identify and summarize
the major events,
problems, solutions,
conflicts
- Organize information to
show relationships
- Support ideas with
examples, citations,
details, elaboration,
quotations, text
references
- Draw conclusions
- Define and illustrate
common social,
historical, economic, or
geographical themes and
how they interrelate
ANALYSIS SYNTHESIS EVALUATION
Analyze, appraise, Rearrange, appraise, Appraise, argue,
calculate, categorize, collect, compose, create, assess, choose,
compare, criticize, design, develop, compare, defend,
discriminate, distinguish, formulate, manage, estimate, judge,
examine, experiment organize, plan, propose, predict, rate select
set-up, write support value
-Identify specific - Brainstorm ideas,
information contained concepts, or
in maps, charts, tables, perspectives related to
graphs, or diagrams a topic.
- Compare and contrast - Determine
people, events, places, fiction/nonfiction;
concepts fact/opinion
- Determine - Describe
fiction/nonfiction; purpose of text
fact/opinion features.
- Describe purpose of
text features
- Identify patterns in
events or behavior
- Compare information - Synthesize information - Cite evidence and
within or across text within one source or develop a logical
passages text argument for
- Analyze similarities and - Develop a model for a concepts
differences in issues or complex situation - Make and support
problems. - Propose and evaluate generalizations,
- solutions using text evidence
- Analyze multiple works - Synthesize information - Evaluate
by the same author, across multiple sources relevancy,
across time periods, or texts accuracy,
genres - Given a completeness of
- Analyze situation/problem, information from
complex/abstract research, define, and multiple sources
themes describe the
- situation/problem, and
provide alternative
solutions