RECOMMENDED VERBS FOR WRITING LEARNING OUTCOMES

(ADAPTED FROM THE REVISED BLOOM’S TAXONOMY)

COGNITIVE DOMAIN

REMEMBERING UNDERSTANDING APPLYING ANALYZING EVALUATING CREATING

Retrieve knowledge from Construct meaning from Carry out/use procedure Break material into Make judgments based Put elements together to
long-term memory instructional messages, in a given situation constituent parts; on criteria and standards form coherent or
including oral, written, determine how parts functional whole,
and graphic relate to one another and reorganize elements into
communication to an overall structure or a new pattern or
purpose structure
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Define Classify Apply Analyze Appraise Compose
Describe Compare Change Attribute Check Construct
Label Discuss Choose Debate Critique Create
List Exemplify Demonstrate Differentiate Judge Design
Match Explain Execute Distinguish Develop
Recall Identify Implement Examine Formulate
Recognize Illustrate Prepare Organize Generate
State Infer Solve Research Invent
Interpret Use Make
Predict Organize
Report Plan
Review Produce
Summarize Propose
Translate
PSYCHOMOTOR DOMAIN

PERCEIVE SET RESPOND AS ACT RESPOND ADAPT ORGANIZE

GUIDED OVERTLY
Senses cues that Is mentally, Imitates and Performs acts with Performs acts Adapts skill sets to Creates new
guide motor activity emotionally, practices skills increasing automatically solve a problem patterns fo specific
physically ready to efficiency, situations
act confidence, and
proficiency
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Detect Assume a stance Copy Assemble Act habitually Adapt Arrange
Differentiate Display Duplicate Calibrate Control Alter Build
Distinguish Perform motor skills Imitate Complete with Direct Change Compose
Identify Position the body Operate under confidence Guide Rearrange Construct
Observe Proceed supervision Conduct Manage Reorganize Create
Recognize Show Practice Construct Perform Revises Design
Relate Repeat Demonstrate Originate
Describe the perception Reproduce Dismantle Note: Same Make
Describe the Fix verbs as “ACT”,
sensation: Execute but with
-hear Improve efficiency modifiers
-listen Make describing the
-see Manipulate performance,
-smell Measure e.g., faster,
-taste Mend
better, more
Organize
Produce
accurate,
outstanding,
etc.
AFFECTIVE DOMAIN

RECEIVE RESPOND VALUE ORGANIZE INTERNALIZE

(CHARACTERIZE)
Selectively responds to Respond to stimuli Attaches value or worth to Conceptualize value and Integrate the value into a
stimuli something resolves conflict between value system that
this value and other values controls behavior
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Acknowledge Answer Adopt Adapt Act upon
Choose Communicate Assume responsibility Adjust Advocate
Demonstrate awareness Comply Behave according to Arrange Defend
Demonstrate tolerance Contribute Choose Balance Exemplify
Locate Cooperate Commit Classify Influence
Select Discuss Express Conceptualize Perform
Participate willingly Initiate Formulate Practice
Volunteer Justify Organize Serve
Propose Prepare Support
Show concern Rank
Use resources to Theorize