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Higher Order Thinking Skills: Bloom's Taxonomy 1956

The document provides information about Bloom's Taxonomy and Anderson and Krathwohl's revision of Bloom's Taxonomy. It lists and defines the different levels of thinking skills in both taxonomies, ranging from lower order to higher order skills. Examples of action verbs associated with each thinking level are also provided. The document aims to explain Bloom's original and revised taxonomies of educational objectives and cognitive domains.

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Higher Order Thinking Skills: Bloom's Taxonomy 1956

The document provides information about Bloom's Taxonomy and Anderson and Krathwohl's revision of Bloom's Taxonomy. It lists and defines the different levels of thinking skills in both taxonomies, ranging from lower order to higher order skills. Examples of action verbs associated with each thinking level are also provided. The document aims to explain Bloom's original and revised taxonomies of educational objectives and cognitive domains.

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OPAR 2012 Page 1

Blooms Taxonomy 1956 Higher Order


Thinking Skills











Lower Order
Thinking Skills



Evaluation


Synthesis
Ability to Judge the
worth of material
against stated criteria


Analysis
Ability to put together
the separate idea to
form new whole,
establish


Application
Ability to separate
material into component
parts and show
relationships between
parts
Comprehension
Ability to use learned
material in new
situations
Knowledge
Ability to grasp
meaning, explain,
and restate ideas
Appraise
Ability to recall
previously learned
material
Arrange Argue
Apply Analyze Assemble Assess
Classify Change Appraise Categorize Choose
Arrange
Compare Choose Breakdown Collect Compare
Define
Convert Complete Calculate Combine Conclude
Describe
Defend Construct Categorize Comply Contrast
Duplicate
Describe Demonstrate Compare Compose Defend
Identify
Discuss Discover Contrast Construct Describe
Label Distinguish Dramatize Criticize Create Discriminate
List
Estimate Employ Debate Design Estimate
Match
Explain Illustrate Diagram Develop Evaluate
Memorize
Express Interpret Differentiate Devise Explain
Name
Extend Manipulate Discriminate Explain Interpret
Order
Generalized Modify Distinguish Formulate Judge
Outline
Give Example(s) Operate Examine Generate Justify
Recognize
Identify Practice Experiment manage Measure
Relate
Indicate Predict Identify Organize Predict
Recall
Infer Prepare Illustrate Plan Rate
OPAR 2012 Page 2

Record
Locate Produce Infer Prepare Revise
Repeat
Paraphrase Relate
Inspect
Rearrange Score
Reproduce
Predict Schedule
Inventory
Reconstruct Select
Select
Recognize Show Model Relate Support
State
Restate Sketch Outline Reorganize value
Tell
Rewrite Solve Point out Revise
Underline
Review Use Question Rewrite

Select Write Relate Set up

Summarize Select Summarize

Tell Separate Synthesize

Translate Tell

Write








Some of this material was adopted from:
Anderson, L.W., & Krathwohl (Eds.). (2001). A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy
of Educational Objectives. New York: Longman.
Bloom, B.S. and Krathwohl, D. R. (1956). Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals, by a
committee of college and university examiners. Handbook I: Cognitive Domain. NY, NY: Longmans, Green
Churches, A. (2007). Blooms Digital Taxonomy. Retrieved from http://www.techlearning.com/techlearning/archives/2008/04/AndrewChurches.pdf
University of West Floridas Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment. Action Words for Blooms Taxonomy. Retrieved from
http://uwf.edu/cutla/SLO/ActionWords.pdf

OPAR 2012 Page 3

Anderson and Krathwohls Taxonomy 2000 Higher Order
Thinking Skills



Lower Order
Thinking Skills




Creating
Evaluating
Putting the elements
together to form a
coherent or functional
whole
Analyzing
Making judgments
based on criteria and
standards through
checking and critiquing
Applying Breaking concept into
part, determining how
the parts relate to one
another or to an overall
structure or purpose.
Understanding
Carrying out or using a
procedure through
executing or
implementing.
Remembering
Constructing meaning
form different types of
function be they written
or graphic
Appraise Adapt
Retrieving, recalling or
recognizing knowledge
from memory.
Argue Anticipate
Act Advertise Assess Arrange
Administer Analyze Choose Assemble
Arrange
Ask Articulate Appraise Compare Categorize
Define
Associate Apply Breakdown Conclude Collaborate
Describe
Cite Calculate Calculate Contrast Collect
Duplicate
Classify Chart Categorize Consider Combine
Identify
Compare Collect Classify Convince Comply
Locate
Convert Compute Compare Critique Compose
Label
Defend Change Conclude Debate Construct
List
Describe Choose Connect Decide Create
Match
Discuss Complete Contrast Defend Design
Memorize
Distinguish Construct Correlate Describe Develop
Name
Demonstrate Demonstrate Criticize Discriminate Devise
Order
Discover Discover Debate Distinguish Explain
Outline
Differentiate Dramatize Deduce Editorialize Express
Quote
Estimate Develop Devise Estimate Facilitate
Recognize
Explain Establish Diagram Evaluate Formulate
Relate
Express Examine Differentiate Explain Generate
Recall
Extend Explain Discriminate Find errors Imagine
OPAR 2012 Page 4

Record
Give Example(s) Employ Distinguish Grade Infer
Repeat
Group Illustrate Dissect Interpret Intervene
Reproduce
Identify Interpret Divide Judge Justify
Select
Indicate Judge Estimate Justify Make
State
Infer List Evaluate Measure Manage
Tell
Illustrate Manipulate Examine Order Negotiate
Underline
Judge Modify Experiment Persuade Organize
Visualize
Paraphrase Operate Explain Predict Originate

Predict Practice Focus Rank Plan

Recognize Predict Identify Rate Prepare

Restate Prepare Illustrate Recommend Propose

Rewrite Produce Infer Reframe Rearrange

Review Relate Inspect Revise Reconstruct
Select Record Inventory Score Relate
Summarize Simulate Model Select Reorganize
Show Schedule Order Support Revise
Tell Show Organize value Rewrite
Translate Sketch Outline Rewrite Schematize
Trace Solve Plan Set up Set up
Transform Teach Point out Summarize Simulate


Transfer Prioritize Synthesize Solve
Utilize Question Tell Speculate
Use Relate Value Structure
Write Select Weight Support
Separate Write Summarize
Subdivide Synthesize
Survey

Test

Test Tell


Validate

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