WS Dip Training Programme Resources M5: Develop & conduct assessment 02_Notes_Bloom's taxonomy action verbs Bloom’s Taxonomy Action Verbs Level 1 Bloom’s taxonomy level Knowledge To assess ability to retrieve knowledge from long-term memory. 2 Comprehension To assess the ability to construct meaning or build connections of the knowledge. 3 Application To assess the ability to use knowledge (new) acquire in new situation. 4 Analysis To assess the ability to break materials into its constituent parts and determine how the parts are related to one another and to an overall structure. 5 Synthesis To assess the ability to put elements together to form a coherent or functional new whole. 6 Evaluation To assess the ability to make judgment based on criteria and standards. Examples of appropriate verbs Arrange Label Outline Write Define List Recall Indicate Describe Name Select Draw Identify Order State Cite Classify Distinguish Locate Summarise Compare Explain Outline Give examples Describe Express Rephrase Rewrite Differentiate Indicate Report Convert Apply Develop Modify Relate Calculate Identify Operate Schedule Construct Illustrate Plan Sketch Demonstrate Interpret Practice Solve Analyse Compute Differentiate Troubleshoot Calculate Conclude Identify Diagnose Categorise Correlate Predict Detect Critique Examine Relate Compare and contrast Collect Design Formulate Plan Reconstruct Compose Develop Generate Prepare Construct Devise Manage Propose Create Establish Organise Rearrange Appraise Defend Invent Rate Argue Estimate Judge Recommend Assess Evaluate Justify Validate Combine Integrate Predict Verify Work-Study Diploma Training Programme © Apr 2020, Institute of Technical Education, Singapore Page 1 WS Dip Training Programme Resources M5: Develop & conduct assessment 02_Notes_Bloom's taxonomy action verbs References: 1. Bloom taxonomy verb chart, https://tips.uark.edu/blooms-taxonomy-verb-chart/ 2. Bloom’s taxonomy action verbs, http://www.fresnostate.edu/academics/oie/documents/assesments/Blooms%20Level.pdf 3. Bloom’s taxonomy of measurable verbs, https://www.utica.edu/academic/Assessment/new/Blooms%20Taxonomy%20%20Best.pdf 4. Bloom’s taxonomy action verbs, https://www.marquette.edu/assessment/includes/documents/BloomsTaxonomyActionVe rbs.pdf 5. Bloom’s taxonomy verb list, https://www.ship.edu/globalassets/ucc/bloom_s-verb-list.pdf 6. Action verb list – suggested verbs to use in each level of thinking skills, https://www.potsdam.edu/sites/default/files/documents/offices/ie/assessment/ActionVerb-List-For-Writing-Student-Outcomes.pdf Work-Study Diploma Training Programme © Apr 2020, Institute of Technical Education, Singapore Page 2
