Blooms
Blooms
Blooms
No. 2 don’t compare yourself with others, comparison is the thief of joy
Examples of Learning
Bloom’s Level Key455 Verbs Goal (with the cognitive
processes in italics)
Create (Create, build or design, formulate, build, By the end of this
develop something new.) invent, create, compose, lesson, the student will
generate, derive, modify, be able to create a
develop, adapt, change, question and answer-
combine, compile, style problem about the
compose, construct, delete, conservation of energy.
develop, discuss, elaborate,
formulate, improve, invent,
solve, minimize, maximize,
imagine, delete, revise,
propose, facilitate,
hypothesize, integrate,
negotiate, role-play
choose, support, relate,
determine, defend, judge,
grade, compare, contrast,
argue, justify, support, By the end of this
convince, select, evaluate, lesson, the student will
Evaluate (Use appraise, award, assess, be able to justify their
information to make conclude, criticize, decide, choice for the
judgments.) deduct, determine, estimate, conservation of energy
importance, interpret, or the conservation of
measure, prove, rate, momentum.
recommend, select,
editorialize, rank, rate,
summarize
classify, break down,
categorize, analyze,
diagram, illustrate, criticize, By the end of this
simplify, associate, assume, lesson, the student will
Analyze (Identify
examine, distinguish, be able to analyze the
schemas or
inspect, simplify, test for, differences between
relationships.)
discover, dissect, divide, kinetic and potential
function, interference, energy
deduce, discriminate, plan,
separate
calculate, predict, apply,
solve, illustrate, use,
demonstrate, determine,
model, perform, present,
By the end of this
build, choose, develop,
lesson, the student will
Apply (Use information construct, experiment with,
be able to predict the
in a new situation.) identify, interview,
kinetic energy of a
organize, plan, select,
projectile.
utilize, make use of,
employ, chart, compute,
change, explain, illustrate,
manipulate, modify, operate
Understand (Grasp describe, explain, By the end of this
meaning of materials.) paraphrase, restate, give lesson, the student will
original examples of, be able
summarize, contrast, to paraphrase Newton’s
interpret, discuss, classify, law of motion.
compare, contrast,
demonstrate, extend,
illustrate, infer, outline,
relate, show, translate,
predict, associate,
trace, transform,
record, reproduce, retell
By the end of this
list, recite, outline, define,
lesson, the student will
Remember (Recall name, match, quote, recall,
be able
specific facts.) identify, label, recognize,
to name Newton’s three
tell, spell
laws of motion.