COGNITIVE LEVEL: BLOOM’S TAXONOMY OF EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

The cognitive domain of learning involves mental operations or thinking skills. There are six major categories in the Cognitive Domain of
Bloom's Taxonomy (1956). The levels and the verbs used for stating specific behavioral learning outcomes are listed below.

KNOWLEDGE COMPREHENSION APPLICATION ANALYSIS SYNTHESIS EVALUATION

(Remembering) (Understanding) (Transferring) (Relating) (Creating) (Judging)
Recall terms, Summarize and Apply or transfer Breaking Creating Express own
facts, and details describe main ideas in learning to own life material into something new opinion, judge or
without own words without or to a context parts, describe by combining value based on
necessarily necessarily relating it to different than one patterns and parts to form a expressed
understanding the anything in which it was relationships unique solution criteria, ideas,
concept learned among parts to a problem methods,….
Count Associate Apply Analyze Adapt Accept
Define Classify Build Categorize Assemble Appraise
Draw Convert Calculate Compose Combine Assess
Identify Describe Classify Debate Compare Compare/Contrast
Label Differentiate Compare Detect Compose Critique
List Discuss Complete Diagram Create Determine
Locate Distinguish Contrast Differentiate Design Evaluate
Name Estimate Construct Distinguish Formulate Facilitate
Outline Explain Demonstrate Group Generalize Grade
Point Interpret Illustrate Infer Integrate Judge
Quote Match Modify Investigate Invent Justify
Recite Paraphrase Operate Prioritize Organize Measure
Record Predict Practice Relate Plan Rank
Repeat Recognize Relate Research Prepare Recommend
Select Select Report Separate Prescribe Reject
State Summarize Solve Sort Revise Select
Write Translate Use Transform Specify Test
What is the In your own words, Give an example What factors How can you put In your opinion, …
definition of … explain… that has affected distinguish… these ideas into Choose between …
Can you recite … What steps are required.. you… In what ways… action… Predict… and defend your
When ... Where… Describe the kinds of… If alive today, what How would life When these answer…
Who was … do you think he be different if… concepts are
How many… would do about… linked I see…

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