COGNITIVE DOMAIN

Given in these worksheets is a compilatiion of Action Verbs which are based on Revised Bloom's Taxonomy and may be employed
by Faculty for preparation of questions. They represent a combination of Verbs from sources mentioned below each domain, namely:
Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor Domain.

ACTION VERBS APPROPRIATE FOR EACH LEVEL OF BLOOM'S/ANDERSON & KRATHWOHL'S TAXONOMY
Cognitive Domain
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6
Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create
Exhibit memory of Demonstrate Solve problems to Examine and break Present and defend Compile information
previously learned understanding of facts and new situations by information into parts by opinions by making together in a different
material by recalling ideas by organizing, applying acquired identifying motives or judgments about way by combining
facts, terms, basic comparing, translating, knowledge, facts, causes. Make inferences information, validity of elements in a new
concepts, and interpreting, giving techniques and rules and find evidence to ideas, or quality of pattern or proposing
answers. descriptions, and stating in a different way. support generalizations. work based on a set of alternative solutions.
main ideas. criteria.

Copy Ask Act Advertise Agree Adapt

Define Associate Administer Analyze Appraise Anticipate
Describe Choose Apply Appraise Argue Arrange
Discover Cite Articulate Breakdown Assess Assemble
Duplicate Cite Examples Of Build Calculate Award Categorize
Enumerate Classify Calculate Categorize Choose Choose
Examine Compare Change Classify Compare Collaborate
Identify Comprehend Chart Compare Complete Collect
Know Contrast Choose Conclude Conclude Combine
Label Convert Collect Connect Consider Compile
List Defend Complete Contrast Convince Compose
Listen Demonstrate Compute Correlate Criteria Construct
Locate Demonstrate Use Of Construct Criticize Criticize Create
Match Describe Demonstrate Critique Critique Design
Memorize Determine Determine Debate Debate Develop
Name Differentiate Develop Deconstruct Decide Devise
Observe Differentiate Between Discover Deduce Deduct Explain

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Omit Discover Dramatize Defend Defend Express

Outline Discriminate Employ Describe Demonstrate Facilitate
Quote Discuss Establish Detect Determine Formulate
Read Distinguish Examine Determine Differentiate Generalize
Recall Estimate Experiment Develop Discriminate Generate
Recite Explain Explain Devise Disprove Hypothesise
Recognize Express Generalize Diagnose Distinguish Imagine
Record Extend Illustrate Diagram Editoralize Infer
Relate Generalize Initiate Differentiate Estimate Integrate
Repeat Give Examples Interpret Discriminate Evaluate Intervene
Reproduce Give In Own Words Interview Dissect Explain Invent
Retell Group Judge Distinguish Find Errors Justify
Select Identify List Divide Follow Make
State Illustrate Manipulate Draw Form Manage
Tabulate Indicate Modify Estimate Grade Modify
Tell Infer Operate Evaluate Importance Negotiate
Underline Interpret Operationalize Examine Influence Organize
Visualize Judge Paint Experiment Initiate Originate
Locate Practice Explain Interpret Plan
Observe Predict Focus Invite Predict
Order Prepare Identify Join Prepare
Paraphrase Produce Illustrate Judge Produce
Pick Record Infer Justify Propose
Practice Relate Inspect Mark Rearrange
Predict Report Interpret Measure Reconstruct
Recognize Schedule Inventory Opinion Relate
Relate Shop Justify Order Reorganize
Report Show Order Perceive Report
Represent Simulate Organize Persuade Revise
Research Sketch Outline Predict Rewrite
Respond Solve Plan Priortize Role-Play
Restate Teach Point Out Propose Schematize

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Review Transfer Predict Prove Set-Up

Rewrite Use Prioritize Rank Simulate
Select Utilize Question Rate Solve
Show Write Relate Read Speculate
Simulate Select Recommend Structure
Summarize Separate Reframe Substitute
Tell Solve Report Summarize
Trace Subdivide Rule On Support
Transform Summarize Score Synthesise
Translate Support Select Systemize
Word Survey Share Tell
Test Study Test
Summarize Validate
Support Write
Test
Validate
Value
Weigh
Work

1 Anderson, L.W., & Krathwohl (Eds.). (2001). A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy
of Educational Objectives. New York: Longman.
2 Bloom, B.S. and Krathwohl, D. R. (1956). Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals, by a
committee of college and university examiners. Handbook I: Cognitive Domain. NY, NY: Longmans, Green.
3 Anderson, L. W., & Krathwohl, D. R. (2001). A taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing, Abridged Edition. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
4 Handouts issued by Dean Engineering
5 Sheets issued by AP Saifullah

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