Improving Your Syllabus: Linking Your Syllabus to Learning and Teaching

Bloom’s Taxonomy: Key verbs

lKnowledge

ldefine, identify, list, label, match, name, state, write

lComprehension

ldescribe, explain, give examples, illustrate, paraphrase, summarize

lApplication

lapply, compute, construct, demonstrate, solve, use

lAnalysis

lanalyze, categorize, compare, contrast, separate

lSynthesize

lcreate, design, develop, hypothesize, plans, invent

lEvaluate

largue, critique, evaluate, judge, justify, rank, recommend


	While these levels are somewhat abstract, the taxonomy also has a set of verbs that indicate behaviors at each level. So, knowledge is demonstrated by defining or identifying or matching or labeling…

	These verbs are nicely organized to help write assessments and learning objectives.