Bloom’s Taxonomy

Cognitive Learning Domain

• Knowledge [Level-1] Recall data or
information

• Comprehension [Level-2] Understand the

meaning, translation, interpolation, and
interpretation of instructions and problems

• Application [Level-3] Use a concept in a

new situation or unprompted use of an
abstraction. Applies what was learned in the
classroom into novel situations in the work
place.
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Cognitive Learning Domain
• Analysis [Level-4] Separates material or
concepts into component parts so that its
organizational structure may be understood.
Distinguishes between facts and inferences.

• Synthesis [Level-5] Builds a structure or

pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to
form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new
meaning or structure.

• Evaluation [Level-6] Make judgments about

the value of ideas or materials
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Cognitive Learning Domains (Revised by Anderson & Krathwohl)

Knowledge -The learner is able to recall or

recollect, retrieve, recognize knowledge from memory
• Recognizing
• Listing Remembering is
• Describing
• Identifying when memory is
• Retrieving used to produce
• Naming
• Locating
definitions, facts or
• Finding lists or recite or
• Citing retrieve material
• Refreshing
• Defining
• Quoting
• Selecting Can the student recall the information?
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Understanding: Student grasps meaning of information

by interpreting and translating what has been learned
• Interpreting
• Summarizing
• Inferring
• Paraphrasing Understanding
• Classifying constructing meaning
• Comparing
• Explaining from different types of
• Exemplifying function - written or
• Extending
• Perceiving
graphic
• Articulating
• Associating Can the student explain a concept or
• Concluding
•
an idea?
Predicting
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Applying Applying carrying or using a

• Implementing
• Carrying out procedure through executing or
• implementing. Applying related
•
Using
Executing = to and refers to situations
• Interpreting where learned material is used
• Illustrating
through products like models,
• Handling
• Showing presentation, interviews and
• Assigning simulations
• Exploiting
• Translating
• Dramatizing Can students use the information in
• Constructing another familiar situation?
• Experimenting
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Cognitive Learning Domains (Revised by Anderson & Krathwohl)

Analyzing Analyzing breaking material or

• Comparing concepts into parts, determining
• Organizing
• Deconstructing
how the parts are related or
• Attributing interrelate to one another or to an
• Outlining overall structure or purpose.
• Finding
• Structuring Mental actions include
• Integrating differentiating, organizing and
• Scrutinizing
• Explaining
attributing as well as being able to
• Apprising distinguish between components
• Figuring
• Differentiating
Can students break information into
• Estimating parts to explore understandings and
• Appraising relationships?
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Evaluating Evaluating making

• Checking
• Hypothesizing judgments based on
• Critiquing criteria and
• Experimenting
•
standards through
Judging
• testing checking and
• Detecting critiquing
• Monitoring
• Deciding
• Pegging
• Defending
• Convincing Can students justify a decision or
• Recommending
• Measuring
a course of action?
• Debating
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Creating
• Designing Creating Putting the elements
• Constructing
• Planning
together to form a coherent or
• Producing functional whole; reorganizing
• Inventing elements into a new pattern or
• Devising structure through generating,
• Making
• Imagining planning or producing
• Authoring
• Concocting
• Fabricating
• Fashioning Can students generate new products,
• Combining
• Forecasting ideas, or ways of viewing things?
• Performing
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Creating
Level-5 Designing
Bloom’s Cognitive Domain Evaluating Constructing
Planning
Level-4 Checking Producing
Analyzing Hypothesizing Inventing
Level-3 Critiquing Devising
Comparing Experimenting Making
Applying Organizing Judging Fabricating
Level-2 Implementing
Deconstructing testing Forming
Attributing Detecting Proposing
Understanding Carrying out Outlining Monitoring
Using Investing
Level-1 Summarizing Executing
Finding Verifying Starting
Structuring Weighing Building
Remembering Inferring Modifying Integrating Defending
Paraphrasing Employing Composing
Identifying Ranking Performing
Recognizing Classifying Practicing Apprising Grading
Listing Comparing Translating Explaining Classifying
Describing Explaining Completing Dividing Justifying
Identifying Exemplifying Constructing Resolving
Retrieving Reordering Utilizing Studying
Naming Discussing Producing Testing
Locating Converting Calculating
Finding Estimating Engaging
Digging up Determining Solving
Recollecting Associating
Reminding Following
Reliving Describing
Writing
Recalling
Memorizing