Bloom's Revised Taxonomy
Source - ACMITCompetencyModel14October2014 and http://ccecc.acm.org/assessment/blooms
The order of learning is as follows:
- Before we can understand a concept we have to remember it.
- Before we can apply the concept we must understand it.
- Before we analyze it we must be able to apply it.
- Before we can evaluate its impact, we must be able to analyze it.
- Before we can create, we must be able to analyze to evaluate it.
There are six levels in the taxonomy for the Cognitive domain, progressing from the lowest order processes to the highest:
- Remembering - Retrieving, recalling, or recognizing information from memory. Students can recall or remember information. Note: This process is the most basic thinking skill.
- Understanding - Constructing meaning or explaining material from written, spoken or graphic sources. Students can explain ideas or concepts.
- Applying - Using learned materials or implementing materials in new situations. Students can use/apply information in a new way.
- Analyzing - Breaking material or concepts into parts, determining how the parts relate or interrelate to one another or to an overall structure or purpose. Students can distinguish between different parts.
- Evaluating - Assessing, making judgments and drawing conclusions from ideas, information, or data. Students can justify a stand or decision.
- Creating - Putting elements together or reorganizing them into a new way, form or product. Students can create a new product. Note: This process is the most difficult mental function.
Lower Order Thinking Skills | ![]() |
Higher Order Thinking Skills | |||
Remembering | Understanding | Applying | Analyzing | Evaluating | Creating |
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Define | Classify | Apply | Analyze | Appraise | Assemble |
Duplicate | Convert | Calculate | Attribute | Argue | Construct |
Find | Demonstrate | Carry out | Categorize | Assess | Create |
Identify | Describe | Edit | Compare | Choose | Design |
Label | Differentiate | Diagram | Contrast | Critique | Develop |
List | Discuss | Execute | Decompose | Debate | Devise |
Locate | Exemplify | Illustrate | Deconstruct | Defend | Formulate |
Memorize | Explain | Implement | Deduce | Estimate | Hypothesize |
Name | Infer | Investigate | Discriminate | Evaluate | Invent |
Recall | Interpret | Manipulate | Distinguish | Judge | Make |
Recognize | Paraphrase | Modify | Examine | Justify | Plan |
Retrieve | Report | Operate | Integrate | Support | |
Select | Summarize | Perform | Organize | Test | |
State | Translate | Produce | Outline | Value | |
Solve | Structure | Verify | |||
Use | |||||
Write |