Bloom’s Taxonomy (Mapping)

COMPETENCIES ENABLING SKILLS OR SUCCESS COMMAND WORDS

INDICATORS
REMEMBERING
• Identify • Identify
• Choose • Match
Recognizing • Point out
• Match
• Locate
• Underline
• Name • List
• List • Name
• Define • State
Recalling • Recite
• Memorize
• Describe
• Quote
• Retell
UNDERSTANDING
• Write (the meaning/ message of the picture). • Draw
• Illustrate (the meaning and the message in • Paraphrase
Interpreting the text). • Write
• Represent (the main idea into visual or of
performing arts).
• Draw (a visual out of the message of the
text/drama).
• Write a general statement about the data.
Exemplifying • Cite instance/s or instantiate • Give examples/
• Illustrate by giving examples or drawings situations
Classifying 1. Identify the similarities and the differences. • Sort out
2. Sort the items into groups. • Classify
3. Label the group / categorize.
INDUCTIVE: • Give the
1. List important details/note down. summary/
Summarizing 2. Draw out the “big idea.” conclusion/
3. Outline “big ideas” into logical sequence. generalization
4. Rewrite or retell.
DEDUCTIVE:
1. Identify the main idea.
2. Note the specific details about the idea.
3. Rewrite.
Inferring 1. List down (important details or observed • Predict
facts). • Interpolate
2. Identify the trends/ patterns of events, (predict within
repeated acts or characteristics). the data)
3. Draw a conclusion (based on the trends/ • Extrapolate
patterns identified). (predict beyond
the data)
 1. Identify unique characteristics of each • Compare
concepts.
Comparing 2. Identify their similarities.
3. Describe how they are alike.

Contrasting
1. Identify unique characteristics of each • Contrast
concepts.
2. Identify their similarities.
3. Describe how they are different.
1. Identify the cause and effect relationship. • Explain
2. Describe how this factor influences such
relationship.
Explaining 3. Describe how the event happens and its
consequences. (To whom does it
happen? How does it happen?)
APPLYING
1. Identify the proper elements of • Apply
Executing formula/performance.
• Practice 2. Describe the procedure.
• Dramatize 3. Practice/demonstrate the technical skills.
• Demonstrate
• Show
• Manipulate
• Calculate
• Compute
• Solve

1. Identify the relevant and fundamental • Apply

Implementing principles.
• Solve 2. Illustrate the procedure/method.
• Modify 3. Connect previous learnings to new
• Change experience.
• Construct 4. Perform relevant applications.
• Employ

ANALYSING
• Distinguish relevant from irrelevant • Analyze
Differentiating information.
• Distinguish facts from hypothesis or opinion.
• Find interrelatedness of ideas.

1. Identify the claim. • Analyze

Organizing 2. Find evidence/bases.
3. Identify form/patterns or general
techniques in presenting the text.
4. Rewrite in new themes.
1. Identify the point of view of the author • Analyze
Attributing (Where is this coming from?).
2. Examine the benefits and disadvantages.
3. Cite consequences.
 EVALUATING
Checking • Identify standards/criteria and assess its • Assess
• Testing accuracy. • Justify
• Monitoring • Observe for consistencies/fallacies.
• Assessing • Detect effectiveness of procedure/method.
Critiquing • Construct external standards/criteria. • Assess
• Judging • Observe for consistencies/fallacies. • Justify
• Questioning/Arguing • Argue/Question the validity of the
• Valuing procedure/method.
• Justify with citations.
CREATING
• List ideas or options. • Design
Generating • Give assumptions.
• Propose plans and actions.

• Identify relevant information. • Design

Planning • Prepare action points and strategies.
• Identify success criteria.
• List ideas, options, appropriate hypothesis. • Design
Producing • Device a plan for execution.
• Invent/Compose/Construct.