Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy

Creating
Generating new ideas, products, or ways of viewing things
Designing, constructing, planning, producing, inventing.

Evaluating
Justifying a decision or course of action

Checking, hypothesising, critiquing, experimenting, judging

Analysing
Breaking information into parts to explore understandings and relationships

Comparing, organising, deconstructing, interrogating, finding

Applying

Using information in another familiar situation

Implementing, carrying out, using, executing

Understanding
Explaining ideas or concepts
Interpreting, summarising, paraphrasing, classifying, explaining

Remembering
Recalling information

Recognising, listing, describing, retrieving, naming, finding

Applying Bloom’s revised taxonomy:

Remembering:
Factual information, testing/using recall and recognition.

List Repeat Recall Memorise

Recite Show Know Distinguish
Read Select Give example Write
Underline Reproduce Quote Sort
Define

Make a time line of…….. Write a list of the pieces …………

Recite a poem………….. Make a chart showing…………….

Understanding:
Learner grasps meaning of information by interpreting and translating what has been
learned.

State in own words Classify Interpret Describe

Exemplify Identify Report Summarise
Discuss Infer Outline Compare
Translate Paraphrase Associate Give main idea
Reorganise Define in own words Estimate Explain

Flow chart showing sequel of events……….. Write summary report…………

What do you think was the main idea……….Formulate own definition of….

Applying:
The learner makes use of information in a context different from the one in which it was
learned.

Implement Carry out Use Execute

Change Adapt Sequence Compile
Illustrate Solve Construct Calculate
Collect Interpret Demonstrate Make
Dramatise

Construct a working model…………. Make a puzzle or game about………..

Design a strategy……………………. Compile a collection of…. to demonstrate…..

Analysing:
The learner breaks learned information into parts to best understand that information.

Compare Distinguish Contrast Sequence

Survey Experiment Detect Inspect
Group Examine Order Probe
Arrange Debate Dissect Categorise
Research Investigate

Design … and gather information…….. Make flow chart … critical stages…………

Discuss……. Test…. (experiment)
Evaluating:
The learner makes decisions based on in-depth reflection, criticism and assessment.

Judge Choose Rate Conclude

Validate Justify Assess Recommend
Prioritise Rank Compare Defend
Select Measure Evaluate Value

Debate the pro’s and con’s………. Evaluate the feasibility of…………

Report on the situation……………. Recommend the best way to…….

Creating:
The learner creates new ideas and information using what has been previously learned.

Design Compose Construct Formulate

Assemble Improve Invent Plan
Develop Produce Forecast Devise

Create, name, plan (design) new product …….. Plan marketing campaign…
Invent a………… Write a role play………..

Additional web resources may also be consulted. A few examples which may serve as a
starting point for your search are found below:

http://edtech.clas.pdx.edu/presentations/frr99/blooms.htm

http://www.bssc.edu.au/public/learning_teaching/pd/toc/Blooms.shtml

http://www.i-learnt.com/Paradigm_Questioning.html

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