1. Teaching in Blooms: A guide to levels of learning and teaching strategies
Blooms Category Definition Action Verb What the
Teacher Does Learning Activities
Knowledge recalling or remembering Tell, list, describe, name, repeat, Directs Lecture, reading,
Information Gathering something without remember, recall, identify, state, Tells audio/visual,
necessarily understanding, select, match, know, locate, report, Shows demonstration, question and
using, or changing it recognize, observe, choose, who, Examines answer period, memorize
what, where, when, cite, define, and recite
indicate, label, memorize, outline,
record, relate, reproduce, underline
Comprehension understanding something Explain, restate, find, describe, Demonstrates Discussions, reflection,
Deeper Understanding of that has been communicated review, relate, define, clarify, Listens illustrate main idea,
Knowledge without necessarily relating illustrate, diagram, outline, Questions
it to anything else summarize, interpret, paraphrase, Compares
transform, compare similarities and Examines
differences, derive main idea,
arrange, convert, defend, discuss,
discuss, estimate, extend, generalize,
give examples, locate, report,
translate
Apply using a general concept to Apply, practice, employ, solve, use, Shows Role plays, case studies,
Use of Knowledge solve problems in a demonstrate, illustrate, show, report, Facilitates fishbowl activities, construct
particular situation; using paint, draw, collect, dramatize, Observes a model, collection of
learned material in new and classify, put in order, change, Criticizes photographs
concrete situations compute, construct, interpret,
investigate, manipulate, modify,
operate, organize, predict, prepare,
produce, schedule, sketch, translate
Analyze breaking something down Analyze, dissect, detect, test, Probes Practice by doing, simulated
Compare and Contrast into its parts; may focus on deconstruct, discriminate, Guides job settings, write a
identification of parts or distinguish, examine, focus, find Observes commercial to sell a product,
analysis of relationships coherence, survey, compare, Acts as a resource make a flow chart, put on a
between parts, or recognition contrast, classify, investigate, outline, play or skit, write a
of organizational principles separate, structure, categorize, solve, biography, plan an event
diagram, determine evidence and
conclusions, appraise, break down,
calculate, criticize, debate,
experiment, identify, illustrate, infer,
inspect, inventory, question, relate,
select

2. Evaluate judging the value of material Coordinate, judge, select/choose, Accepts Use in real situations, on the
Judging the Outcome or methods as they might be decide, debate, evaluate, justify, Lays bare the criteria job training, create a new
applied in a particular recommend, verify, monitor, Harmonizes product, write a new
situation; judging with the measure, the best way, what worked, language code and write in
use of definite criteria what could have been different, what it, persuasively present an
is your opinion, test, appraise, assess, idea, devise a way to solve a
compare, conclude, contrast, criticize, problem, compose a rhythm
discriminate, estimate, explain, or put new words to a song
grade, interpret, rate, relate, revise,
score, summarize, support, value
Create creating something new by Create, hypothesize, design, Reflects Self study, learning through
Original or new creation putting parts of different construct, invent, imagine, discover, Extends mistakes, create criteria to
ideas together to make a present, deduce, induce, bring Analyzes judge material, conduct a
whole. together, compose, pretend, predict, Evaluates debate, write a half yearly
organize, plan, modify, improve, report,
suppose, produce, set up, what if,
propose, formulate, solve (more than
one answer), arrange, assemble,
categorize, collect, combine, devise,
explain, generate, manage, perform,
prepare, rearrange, reconstruct,
relate, reorganize, revise, argue for
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Amber Garrison Duncan
Adapted from these resources:
http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/col/id/bloom.php
http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/col/id/doc/BloomPolygon.pdf
L. W. Anderson and D. R. Krathwohl (eds). A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching and Assessing (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy), 2001.