Bloom's Taxonomy - Revised

Psychomotor Domain
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These lea rnin g outcom es relate to th e developm ent of physical skills and manu al tasks.
However it also concerns and covers mod ern clay busin ess and social skills such as
co mmuni cations (public spea king) and the operation of equipm en t.

Ca tego ry Generic Ski lls Samp le Verbs

Observe Th e lea rn er translates
(J\ware nes s) se nso ry inpu t in to
physical ta sks or
ac ti viti es.
Mod el Th e lea rn er· is abl e to
(Copy) obse rve and repli ca te a
fund amental skill or task.
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Recog nize Standards
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Th e lea rn er recognizes
(fo ll ow in strn ctio ns) sta nd ard s or criter ia
importan t to perforn1 a
sk ill or task correctly.
Hea r, Id entify, Notice, Observe, See, Smell,
Taste, Touch, Watc h
Ad here, J\ttempt, Copy, Follo w, Imi tate,
Mimi c, Mo del, Ree nact, Re-create, Rep eat,
Repli cate, Rep roduce, Show, Try
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Build, Check, Demonstrate, Detect.
Discriminate, Differenti ate, Distin guis h,
Execute, Impl ement, Notice, Perce ive,
Perform , Recogni ze, Se lect

Correc t Th e lea rn er utilizes Adjust, J\lter, Calibrate, Change, Complete,

(D eve lop precision) sta nd ards to eva lu ate Co nstruct, Correc t, Cus tomize, Improve,
his/h er own Integ rate, Ma nipul ate, Mo dify, Practice,
performan ces, make Revis e
co rrec ti ons and execute
-> th e skill reli ably
ind epend ent of ass ista nce.

Artirnlation Th e lea rn er appli es a Adapt, Build, Co mbin e, Co mp ose, Co nstruct,

(Co mbin e & in tegrate se lec ted sk ill to rea l life Coordin ate, Crea te, Deve lop, Formul ate,
related skil ls) situ atio ns. Integ rate, Maste r, Origi nate, Produ ce, So lve

Naturalization Th e lea rn er is more Demonstrate, Design, Exhibit, Illu stra te,

(Autom ate & master) automated with an Inve nt, In stru ct, Ma nag e, Re-des ign, Specify,
J:)ll~Dt>(M'E:.>(1' un co nsc iou s maste ry of an Teac h, Train, Troubl es hoot
activ ity and related sk ill s.

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Bloom's Taxonomy- Revised
Cognitive Doma in
Bloo m's Tax onomy has bee n revised by Anderson and Krathwohl (2001) with ne w term s and
e mph as is, Thi s adapted Bloom's mod el has Knowledge converted to Remember and th e hi ghest level of
developme nt is Creating rather than Evaluate,
Category Generic Skills
Remembering The learner is able to
Recalling information recall, res tate and
rem ember lea rned
information.
Understanding Th e learner grasps the
Exp lain ing ideas or 111ea nin g of information by
concepts int erpreting and
trans lat in g what ha s been
lea rn ed.
Applying Th e lea rn er make s use of
Using information in information in a new
another familiar situ atio n fro111 the one in
situation whi ch it was le arn ed.
Analyzing The lea rn er breaks
(Critica l Thinking) lea rned informat ion into
Breaking information its parts to best
into parts to exp lore understand that
understandings and infor111ation in an atte111pt
relationships to identify evidence for a
conclusion.
Evaluating The lea rn er 111akes
(Critical Thinking) dec ision s based on in-
Justifying a decision or depth refl ection, criticis111
course of action and assess ment.
Creating Th e lea rner creates ne w
(Critical Thi nking) id eas and inform ation
Generating new ideas, usin g what has been
products, or ways of prev iously lea rned.
viewing things
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Sample Verbs
Choose, Cite, Enumerate, Group, Lab el. Lis t,
Listen, Locate, Match, Memorize, Nam e,
Outline, Quote, Read , Reca ll, Recite, Record ,
Relate, Repeat, Reproduce, Re vie w, Selec t,
Show, Sort, State, Underlin e, Write
Account for, Annotate, Associate, Classify,
Convert, Define, Desc ribe, Discuss, Estimate,
Explain, Express, Identify, Indicate,
Interpret, Observe, Outline, Recogni ze,
Reorganize, Report, Resea rch, Res tate,
Retel l, Review, Trans late
Adapt, Apply, Ca lcu late, Change, Coll ect,
Compute, Construct, De111onstrate,
Dramatize, Draw, Ex hibit, Generalize,
Illust rate, Int erpret, Interview, Make,
Manipulate, Operat e, Paint, Practice,
Sequence, Show, Sketch, So lve, Translate
Ana lyz e, Apprais e, Arrange, Calculate,
Categorize, Compare, Contrast, Cr iticize,
Debate, Detect, Diagra111, Discri111inate,
Dissect, Distin guish, Examine, Exp eri111ent,
Group, Infer, Inquire, Inspect, Inves tigate,
Order, Probe, Question, Relate, Research,
Scrutinize, Separate, Sequence, Sift,
Subdivide, Su111marize, Surve v, Test
App1·aise, Argue, Assess, Choose, Co111pare,
Conclude, Criticize, Critique, Debate, Decid e,
Deduce, Defend, Determine, Differentiate,
Disc ri111in ate, Evaluate, Infer, Judge, Ju st ify,
Meas ure, Predict, Prioritize, Probe, Rank,
Rate, Reco111mend, Rev ise, Score, Select,
Validate, Value
Act, Assemble, Blend, Co111bine, Co111pile,
Compose, Concoct, Construct, Create, Des ign,
Develop, Devise, Formulate, Forecast,
Generate, Hypothesize, Imagin e, Invent,
Organize, Originate, Predict, Pl an, Prepa1·e,
Pro uose, Produce, Set u p