CREATING
Generating new ideas, products or ways of viewing things
Designing, constructing, planning, producing, inventing
EVALUATING
Justifying a decision or course of action
Checking, hypothesizing, critiquing, experimenting, judging
ANALYZING
Breaking information into parts to explore understandings and relationships
Comparing, organizing, deconstructing, interrogating, finding
APPLYING
Using information in another familiar situation
Implementing, carrying out, using, executing
UNDERSTANDING
Explaining ideas or concepts
Interpreting, summarizing, paraphrasing, classifying, explaining
REMEMBERING
Recalling information
Recognizing, listing, describing, retrieving, naming, finding
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY OF OBJECTIVES
ORIGINAL TERMS
NEW TERMS
Evaluation
Creating
Synthesis
Evaluating
Analysis
Analyzing
Application
Applying
Comprehension
Understanding
Knowledge
Remembering
TABLE 1
Revised Bloom’s
Taxonomy of Objectives
Teacher’s Role
Student’s Role
Remembering
Recalling information
Recognizing, listing, describing, retrieving, naming, finding
Directs
Tells
Shows
Examines
Questions
Evaluates
Responds
Absorbs
Remembers
Recognizes
Memorizes
Defines
Describes
Retells
Passive recipient
Understanding
Explaining ideas or concepts
Interpreting, summarizing, paraphrasing, classifying, explaining
Demonstrates
Listens
Questions
Compares
Contrasts
Examines
Explains
Describes
Outlines
Restates
Translates
Demonstrates
Interprets
Active participant
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
Teacher’s Role
Student’s Role
Applying
Using information in another familiar situation
Implementing, carrying out, using, executing
Shows
Facilitates
Observes
Evaluates
Organizes
Questions
Solves problems
Demonstrates use of knowledge
Calculates
Compiles
Completes
Illustrates
Constructs
Active recipient
Analyzing
Breaking information into parts to explore understandings and relationships
Comparing, organizing, deconstructing, interrogating, finding
Probes
Guides
Observes