Assessment Taxonomy Table Template

Review the objectives and activities from a module in your own (current or future) online
course. Then select three or four objectives and decide where they and their activities belong
in Blooms categories. It is not necessary to have all objectives in different categories, but
please use at least three different levels.

This type of analysis will not only help you develop your course assessment plans but will also
help you decide which assessment activities are most valuable.


Bloom categories/
Revised Taxonomy
Learning
objective verbs
Objective/Activity
Knowledge /Remembering
(recall, list, define, identify, collect,
label)
Recall, List Given a historical timeline, the
student will be able to identify events
and list them in order correctly.
Comprehension/Understanding
(summarize, describe, interpret,
predict, discuss)
Describe,
Summarize
After the class simulation on WWI
alliances, the student will describe
and summarize how the powers of
Europe were drug into the conflict
after Austria-Hungary declared war
on Serbia.
Application/Applying
(apply, demonstrate, illustrate,
classify, experiment, discover)
Illustrate The student will be given a
nationality and background. The
student will then research
information surrounding their
character and illustrate what life was
like during WWI by writing a
journal/diary.
Analysis/Analyzing
(analyze, classify, connect, explain,
infer)
Analyze, Explain Students will analyze the interests of
each nation entering WWI and
explain the reasons why each nation
decided to fight in the conflict. Ex.
Britain protecting oversees
territories.
Evaluation/Evaluating
(assess, recommend, convince,
compare, conclude, summarize)

Synthesis/Creating
(combine, integrate, plan, create,
design, formulate)
Plan, Create At the end of the module, students
will be given a country, work in
groups, and plan out a presentation
on Support from the Homefront.
Students will then create and present
their project that shows their
countrys civilian contributions to the
war effort and the impact it had.