BLOOM’S TAXONOMY

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 Learning Taxonomy Levels
Affective Domain
LEVEL DESCRIPTION
Psychomotor Domain
Cognitive Domain A1 Receive/ open to
experience, willing to
LEVEL DESCRIPTION LEVEL DESCRIPTION
hear
C1 Knowledge / P1 Perception/ awareness A2 Respond/ react and
Remembering participate actively
P2 Set/ readiness
C2 Comprehension/ A3 Value/ attach values
Understanding P3 Guided Response/ attempt and express personal
opinions
C3 Application/ Applying P4 Mechanism/ basic
A4 Organise or
proficiency
C4 Analysis / Analysing Conceptualize values/
P5 Complex Overt Response/ reconcile internal
C5 Evaluation/ Evaluating expert proficiency conflicts, develop
P6 Adaption/ adaptable values system
C6 Creating/ Designing
proficiency A5 Internalize or
P7 Origination/ creative characterize values/
proficiency adopt belief system
and philosophy

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 Cognitive Domain
LEVEL CATEGORY BEHAVIOUR DESCRIPTIONS SAMPLE ACTION VERBS

C1 Knowledge / Recall or recognise information Arrange, define, describe, label, list,

Remembering memorise, recognise, relate, reproduce,
select, state

C2 Comprehension/ Understand meaning, re-state data in
Understanding one’s own words, interpret, extrapolate,
translate
C3 Application/ Applying Use or apply knowledge, put theory into
practice, use knowledge in response to
real circumstances
C4 Analysis / Analysing Interpret elements, organizational
principles, structure, construction,
internal relationship, quality, reliability of
individual components
C5 Evaluation/ Evaluating Assess effectiveness of whole concepts,
in relations to values, outputs, efficacy,
viability, critical thinking, strategic
comparison and review, judgement
relating to external criteria
Explain, reiterate, reword, critique, classify,
summarise, illustrate, translate, review,
report, discuss, re-write, estimate, interpret,
paraphrase, compare, predict
Use, apply, discover, manage, execute, solve,
produce, implement, construct, change,
prepare, conduct, perform, react, respond,
role-play
Analyse, classify, categorize, compare,
quantify, measure, test, examine, experiment,
relate, investigate, contrast, probe,
subdivide, differentiate
Review, justify, assess, appraise, deduce,
critique, defend, recommend, conclude,
decide, criticize, evaluate,
consider, weight, judge

C6 Creating/ Designing Develop new unique structures, systems, Develop, plan, build, create, design, organize,
models, approaches, ideas, creative revise, formulate, assemble, integrate,
thinking, operation propose, modify

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 Psychomotor Domain
LEVEL CATEGORY/ DESCRIPTION SAMPLE ACTION VERBS

P1 Perception/ awareness Detect, describe, differentiate, isolate,

distinguish, choose, select, relate, identify
P2 Set/ readiness Begin, explain, show, volunteering, proceed,
move, state, display
P3 Guided Response/ attempt Copy, trace, react, response, reproduce, follow

P4 Mechanism/ basic proficiency Mix, assemble, measure, dismantle, construct,

calibrate, grind, fix, fasten, mend, sketch,
manipulate, heat, display
P5 Complex Overt Response/ expert Build, organize, mend, sketch, manipulate, heat,
proficiency display

P6 Adaption/ adaptable proficiency Adapt, change, reorganize, alter, vary, rearrange,

reorganize, revise
P7 Origination/ creative proficiency Arrange, originate, create, design, initiate,
compose, combine

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 Affective Domain
LEVEL CATEGORY/ DESCRIPTION SAMPLE ACTION VERBS

A1 Receive/ open to experience, willing to Ask, choose, identify, point out, reply, select,
hear name, give, follow, hold, use, describe

A2 Respond/ react and participate actively Read, answer, select, recite, discuss, write,
greet, present, form, help, practice, perform,
conform, comply, aid, assist, read
A3 Value/ attach values and express Work, justify, differentiate, invite, initiate,
personal opinions study, join, share, propose, report, select,
explain, demonstrate
A4 Organise or Conceptualize values/ Integrate, relate, complete, organize,
reconcile internal conflicts, develop defend, identify, synthesize, modify,
values system generalize, formulate, prepare, compare,
combine, adhere, arrange

A5 Internalize or characterize values/ Display, discriminate, verify, modify, revises,

adopt belief system and philosophy serve, listen, practice, influence

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