K.L.N.

College of Engineering(Autonomous), Pottapalayam

Bloom’s Taxonomy Action Verbs

Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create

Exhibit memory of Demonstrate Solve problems to Examine and break Present and defend Compile information
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material by recalling and ideas by organizing, applying acquired identifying motives or judgments about way by combining
facts, terms, basic comparing, translating, knowledge, facts, causes. Make inferences information, validity of elements in a new
concepts and interpreting, giving techniques and and find evidence to ideas, or quality of work pattern or proposing
answers. descriptions and stating rules in a different support generalizations based on a set of criteria. alternative solutions.
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