PRINCIPLES OF HIGH QUALITY ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES: 1. Identify the six cognitive level. 2. Define each cognitive level. 3.

Cite example for each cognitive level. As early as the 1950s, Bloom (1954), proposed a HIERARCHY OF EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES AT THE COGNITIVE LEVEL. These are: Level 1. KNOWLEDGE refers to the acquisition of facts, concepts and theories. KEY WORDS/ACTION VERBS: recall recite recognize list label define name arrange cite repeat match select

Level 2. COMPREHENSION refers to the same concept of understanding. It is a step higher than mere acquisition of facts and involves a cognition or awareness of the intrrelationships of facts and concepts. KEY WORDS / ACTION VERBS: classify compare compute discuss explain predict translate rewrite express review

Level 3. APPLICATION refers to the transfer of knowledge from one field of study to another or from one concept to another concept in the same discipline.

KEY WORDS / ACTION VERBS: demonstrate manipulate calculate solve develop draw perform

Level 4. ANALYSIS refers to the breaking down of a concept or idea into its components and explaining the concept as a composition of these concepts. KEY WORDS / ACTION VERBS: analyze differentiate relate appraise research organize compare determine