Blooms
Bloom’s Taxonomy Breakdown
Type and Level of Learning
Description
Measurable Verbs
Level One: Knowledge
Remembering previously learned material, including facts, vocabulary, concepts, and principles
Define, describe, draw, identify, list, label, match, name, outline, point, read, recall, recite, recognize, record, repeat, select, state, reproduce, write, locate, memorize, review, and count.
Level Two: Comprehension
Grasping the meaning of material
Level One verbs plus associate, compute, convert, defend, discuss, distinguish, explain, generalize, infer, paraphrase, predict, rewrite, summarize, review, estimate, extend, translate, give, compare, describe, differentiate, illustrate, reorder, and rephrase.
Level Three: Application
Using abstractions, rules, principles, ideas, and other information in concrete situations
Add, apply, shop, calculate, change, modify, classify, complete, sketch, compute, demonstrate, manipulate, discover, divide, construct, examine, graph, record, interpret, multiply, illustrate, operate, prepare, choose, produce, show, predict, solve, subtract, translate, use, dramatize, and schedule.
Level Four: Analysis
Breaking down material into its constituent elements or parts
Distinguish, analyze, differentiate, appraise, calculate, experiment, test, compare, contrast, criticize, diagram, inspect, debate, inventory, question, relate, utilize, infer, outline, discriminate, dissect, inquire, separate, categorize, order, classify, summarize, arrange, conclude, deduce, determine, solve, use, and utilize.
Level Five: Synthesis
Combining elements, pieces, or parts to form a whole or constitute a new pattern or structure
Categorize, combine, propose, derive, formulate, design, imagine, compose, invent, create, infer, estimate, predict, originate, construct, draw, group, integrate, order, organize, plan, prepare, prescribe, produce, transform, relate, specify, and synthesize.
Level Six: Evaluation
Making judgments
Type and Level of Learning
Description
Measurable Verbs
Level One: Knowledge
Remembering previously learned material, including facts, vocabulary, concepts, and principles
Define, describe, draw, identify, list, label, match, name, outline, point, read, recall, recite, recognize, record, repeat, select, state, reproduce, write, locate, memorize, review, and count.
Level Two: Comprehension
Grasping the meaning of material
Level One verbs plus associate, compute, convert, defend, discuss, distinguish, explain, generalize, infer, paraphrase, predict, rewrite, summarize, review, estimate, extend, translate, give, compare, describe, differentiate, illustrate, reorder, and rephrase.
Level Three: Application
Using abstractions, rules, principles, ideas, and other information in concrete situations
Add, apply, shop, calculate, change, modify, classify, complete, sketch, compute, demonstrate, manipulate, discover, divide, construct, examine, graph, record, interpret, multiply, illustrate, operate, prepare, choose, produce, show, predict, solve, subtract, translate, use, dramatize, and schedule.
Level Four: Analysis
Breaking down material into its constituent elements or parts
Distinguish, analyze, differentiate, appraise, calculate, experiment, test, compare, contrast, criticize, diagram, inspect, debate, inventory, question, relate, utilize, infer, outline, discriminate, dissect, inquire, separate, categorize, order, classify, summarize, arrange, conclude, deduce, determine, solve, use, and utilize.
Level Five: Synthesis
Combining elements, pieces, or parts to form a whole or constitute a new pattern or structure
Categorize, combine, propose, derive, formulate, design, imagine, compose, invent, create, infer, estimate, predict, originate, construct, draw, group, integrate, order, organize, plan, prepare, prescribe, produce, transform, relate, specify, and synthesize.
Level Six: Evaluation
Making judgments