Blooms Taxonomy

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Blooms Taxonomy
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• Level Useful Verbs
  Sample Question Stems
• (Level One) tell, list, describe How many?
  What happened after.?
• Knowledge relate, locate, write,
  Who was it that..? Can you name
• write, find, name. the..?
• (Level Two) explain, interpret, outline,
  Can you write in your own words..?
• Comprehension discuss, distinguish,
  What was the main idea? Can you
  write predict, restate, translate,
  a brief outline?
• compare
• (Level Three) solve, show, use, classify, Do you
  know of another instance where?
• Application illustrate,
  calculate, Could
  this have happened in?
• construct, examine,
  Which factors would you change if..?
• (Level Four) analyze, compare, contrast, Which
  events could not have happened in ?
• Analysis complete, identify, examine,
  How was this similar to..? What are some of
• investigate, categorize, the problems
  of..?
• explain, distinguish