Cognitive
Remembering: Recalling previously learned information.
Verbs: define, describe, identify, list, name, recall, recognize, reproduce, state, match,
outline, retrieve.
Understanding: Explaining ideas or concepts.
Verbs: explain, summarize, interpret, paraphrase, classify, describe, discuss, give
examples, distinguish, report, restate.
Applying: Using information in new situations.
Verbs: apply, compute, demonstrate, solve, use, construct, operate, illustrate,
implement, manipulate, modify.
Analyzing: Breaking down information into parts to explore relationships.
Verbs: analyze, compare, contrast, differentiate, distinguish, examine, organize, relate,
break down, diagram, categorize, question.
Evaluating: Justifying a decision or course of action.
Verbs: evaluate, assess, critique, judge, defend, argue, support, appraise, conclude,
justify, recommend, rate.
Creating: Producing new or original work.
Verbs: create, design, compose, formulate, invent, propose, plan, develop, arrange,
assemble, construct, generate, reorganize.
Psychomotor Domain
Perception: Using sensory cues to guide motor activity.
Verbs: choose, describe, detect, differentiate, distinguish, identify, isolate, prepare,
relate, select.
Set: Showing readiness to act.
Verbs: arrange, display, draft, explain, organize, prepare, react, show, start, volunteer.
Guided Response: Imitating a demonstrated physical act.
Verbs: copy, demonstrate, dismantle, fasten, imitate, follow, react, reproduce, trace.
Mechanism: Performing a physical act with some confidence and proficiency.
Verbs: assemble, build, calibrate, construct, fix, grind, heat, manipulate, measure, mend,
operate, sketch.
Complex Overt Response: Performing a physical act with a high degree of skill and proficiency,
automatically.
Verbs: assemble, build, calibrate, construct, dismantle, fix, fastens, grinds, heats,
manipulates, measures, mends, mixes.
Adaptation: Modifying skills to fit new situations.
Verbs: adapt, alter, change, combine, rearrange, reorganize, revise.
Origination: Creating new movement patterns to solve a problem.
Verbs: arrange, combine, compose, create, design, invent, formulate.
Affective Domain
Receiving: Being aware of and willing to listen to a phenomenon.
Verbs: ask, attend, choose, describe, follow, give, hold, identify, listen, select, name,
reply.
Responding: Actively participating and reacting to a phenomenon.
Verbs: answer, assist, comply, conform, discuss, greet, help, perform, practice, present,
read, report, tell.
Valuing: Attaching a value to a phenomenon or behavior.
Verbs: accept, approve, complete, defend, describe, differentiate, explain, justify,
propose, share.
Organization: Organizing values into a system and prioritizing them.
Verbs: adhere, alter, arrange, combine, compare, generalize, integrate, organize,
prepare, synthesize.
Characterization: Internalizing a value system that controls behavior.
Verbs: act, discriminate, display, influence, listen, modify, perform, practice, propose,
verify.
