Bloom’s Taxonomy of Cognitive Levels
Verbs
1. Knowledge
List
Name
Identify
Show
Define
Recognize
Recall
State
4. Analysis
Analyze
Organize
Deduce
Choose
Contrast
Compare
Distinguish
2. Comprehension
Summarize
Explain
Put into your own words
Interpret
Describe
Compare
Paraphrase
Differentiate
Demonstrate
Visualize
Find more information about
Restate
5. Synthesis
Design
Hypothesize
Support
Schematize
Write
Report
Discuss
Plan
Devise
Compare
Create
Construct
3. Application
Solve
Illustrate
Calculate
Use
Interpret
Relate
Manipulate
Apply
Classify
Modify
Put into practice
6. Evaluation
Evaluate
Choose
Estimate
Judge
Defend
Criticize
Justify
Academic Vocabulary Journal
Students will use the template attached to learn/review the list of Bloom’s Taxonomy Verbs.
The words will be divided up by each week, and sometime during advisory time on the days
that they are not working on note-taking skills, they will need to be learning the vocabulary
words. These pages must be kept in their advisory notebook and reviewed consistently
throughout the school year. Teachers, as you introduce the words to the students please make
sure that you are connecting them to the Bloom’s Taxonomy of Cognitive Levels. We need to
make sure that we use these words through all our classes and all lessons as the students are
learning them and retaining them throughout the year.
Week 1 – list, name
Week 20 – discuss, plan
Week 2 – identify, show, define
Week 21 – devise, compare
Week 3 – recognize, recall, state
Week 22 – create, construct
Week 4 – summarize, explain, put into your own words
Week 23 – evaluate, choose,
Week 5 – interpret, describe
estimate
Week 6 – compare, paraphrase
Week 24 – judge, defend
Week 7 – differentiate, demonstrate
Week 25 – criticize, justify
Week 8 – visualize, find more information about
Week 9 – restate, solve
Week 10 – illustrate, calculate
Week 11 – use, interpret, relate
Week 12 – manipulate, apply
Week 13 – classify, modify, put into practice
Week 14 – analyze, organize
Week 15 – deduce, choose
Week 16 – contrast, compare
Week 17 – distinguish, design
Week 18 – hypothesize, support
Week 19 – schematize, write, report