Cognitive Domain of

Objectives as Bases
for Constructing
Teacher-Made Test
Sample of Behavorial Objectives in Science 8
Subject Matter : “Cell”

• At the end of the period, the students should be

able to:

Cognitive
1.1 Name the two types of cell
1.2 Differentiate the two types of cell
1.3 Identify the parts each type of the cell
1.4 Give the function of each type of the cell
Cognitive Domain
• Knowledge
• Comprehension
• Application
• Analysis
• Synthesis
• Evaluation
Knowledge
•It deals to know common
terms, specific data, method
and procedures, basic
concepts and principles.
•Behavioral Terms- define,
describe , identify, recognize,
list down, select and label
Sample test

This type of cell has a distinctive

feature of a rigid cell wall which
is absent on other cell type .
a. animal cell c. eukaryotic
cell
b. plant cell d. prokaryotic
cell
 Comprehension
• It means to understand facts &
principles, interpret chart &graphs,
translate verbal materials, estimate
future consequences and justify
methods and procedures.
• Behavioral Terms- convert, distinguish
, defend, give example, estimate,
paraphrase, explain, discuss, predict,
extend, summarize & generalize.
Sample test

Which of the following are

considered as multicellular
organisms?
a. bacteria, algae
b. archaea, protists
c. protozoa, fungi
d. humans, animals
Application
• Application of concepts and
principles to new situations, applies
laws and theories to practical
situations, solve mathematical
problems, construct chart and
graphs, and demonstrate correct
usage of a method or procedure.
• Behavioral Terms- change, prepare,
compute, use , discover, modify,
relate and disseminate
Sample Test

Write the steps in viewing a

specimen under the
microscope.
Analysis
• Involves the recognition of logical
fallacies in reasoning and unstated
assumptions , distinguishes facts and
inferences, evaluate the relevance of
data, and analyzes organizational
structure of work.
• Behavioral Terms- break down,
diagram, subdivide, illustrate, infer,
separate, discriminate, outline and
point out.
Sample Test
Draw and identify the parts of a
plant cell.
Synthesis
• It proposes a plan for an
experiment from different areas
into a plan for solving problems.
• Behavioral Terms- design, create,
organize, categorize, reorganize,
plan, devise, combine, rearrange,
revise, comply, tell, modify,
generate and rewrite.
Sample Test
Make a Venn Diagram to compare
the similarities and differences of
plant and animal cell.
 Evaluation
• Judges the value of a work by use of
external standards of excellence ,
judges also the logical consistency of
written materials and the adequacy
in which conclusions are supported
by data.
• Behavioral Terms- appraise,
conclude, justify, contrast, criticize,
interpret, and discriminate.
Sample test
• From the Venn Diagram that you
made, make a generalization
comparing the differences and
similarities of the two types of
cell.