What are the levels of thinking as defined in the Revised Bloom’s

Taxonomy
Levels of Thinking The Learner . . . Answer the Question Common used verbs
(LOT)
makes use of information in a Can you use the Implementing, carrying out,
Applying context different from the one information in another using, executing.
in which it was learned. familiar situation?

grasps the meaning of Can you explain ideas or Interpreting, exemplifying,

Understanding information by interpreting concepts? summarizing, classifying,
and translating what has been inferring, paraphrasing,
learned. comparing, explaining.

recall, restate and remember Can you recall information? Recognizing, listing,
Remembering learned information. describing, identifying,
retrieving, naming, locating,
finding.
Levels of Thinking The Learner . . .
(LOT)
Creates new ideas and
Creating information using what has
been previously learned.
Answer the Question Common used verbs
Can you generate new Designing, constructing,
products, ideas, or ways of planning, inverting, devising,
viewing things? making.

Makes decisions based on in- Can you justify a decision Checking, hypothesizing,
Evaluating depth reflection, criticism, and or course of action? critiquing, experimenting,
assessment. judging, testing, detecting,
monitoring.

Breaks learned information Can you break information Comparing, organizing,

Analyzing into parts to best understand into parts to explore deconstructing, attributing,
that information. understanding and outlining, finding, structuring,
relationships? integrating.