Verbs to consider for use in Course Learning Objectives.
| Definitions: |
Knowledge |
Comprehension |
Application |
Analysis |
Synthesis |
Evaluation |
Valuation |
| Bloom’s Definition: | Remembering previously learned information | Grasping the meaning of information | Applying knowledge to actual situations | Breaking down objects or ideas into simpler parts and seeing how the parts relate and are organized | Rearranging component ideas into a new whole | Making judgments based on internal evidence or external criteria | Sensitivity/willingness to receive (awareness w/o assessment, willingness to suspend judgment); Actively respond (comply, commit, internal satisfaction); Value (acceptance of worth, preference); Organize (when values conflict) |
| Verbs: | Arrange, define, describe, duplicate, identify, label, list, match, memorize, name, order, outline, recognize, relate, recall, repeat, reproduce, select, state | Classify, convert, defend, describe, discuss, distinguish, estimate, explain, express, extend, generalized, give example(s), identify, indicate, infer, locate, paraphrase, predict, recognize, rewrite, report, restate, review, select, summarize, translate | Apply, change, choose, compute, demonstrate, discover, dramatize, employ, illustrate, interpret, manipulate, modify, operate, practice, predict, prepare, produce, relate schedule, show, sketch, solve, use, write | Analyze, appraise, breakdown, calculate, categorize, compare, contrast, criticize, diagram, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, examine, experiment, identify, illustrate, infer, model, outline, point out, question, relate, select, separate, subdivide, test | Arrange, assemble, categorize, collect, combine, comply, compose, construct, create, design, develop, devise, explain, formulate, generate, plan, prepare, propose, rearrange, reconstruct, relate, reorganize, revise, rewrite, set up, summarize, synthesize, tell, write | Appraise, argue, assess, attach, choose, compare, conclude, contrast, defend, describe, discriminate, estimate, evaluate, explain, judge, justify, interpret, relate, predict, rate, select, summarize, support, value | Accept, challenge, defend, respect, question, support, enjoy |