Download Bloom's Taxonomy: Action Verbs for SLO Statements in Domains and more Study notes English Language in PDF only on Docsity! Created 3/23/2009; Revised 3/1/2021 SLO Action Verbs Action verbs are abundant in the English language, but how to do we know which ones are right to include in our SLO statements? Benjamin Bloom, an American educational psychologist, created what is now known as “Bloom’s Taxonomy” and this taxonomy is frequently used to assist faculty in creating SLOs that properly address student learning. Bloom’s taxonomy is a taxonomy of learning behaviors and is organized into three domains: the cognitive (i.e., knowledge/mental skills), the affective (i.e., emotional skills), and the psychomotor (i.e., physical skills). While the cognitive domain is the most well-known of the three domains, the affective and psychomotor domains also contain important learning behaviors identified by Bloom (Bloom, 1956; Krathwohl, Bloom, & Masia, 1965). Revisions to the taxonomy structure have been made since Bloom’s original work and currently, each level of learning in each domain contains action verbs to describe that type and level of learning (Anderson & Krathwohl, 2001; Krathwohl, 2002). The categories below and the actions verbs that are related to each category should assist you in choosing the appropriate action verbs for your course SLOs. Choose an action verb from one of the three domains for each of your SLOs. All of your SLO action verbs should not come from one domain or from one category of Bloom’s Taxonomy. Created 3/23/2009; Revised 3/1/2021 Cognitive Domain: Definitions and Action Verbs The cognitive domain involves knowledge and the development of intellectual skills (Bloom, 1956). This table includes information from the revised cognitive domain, beginning with the lowest level of learning and ending with the highest. The categories can be thought of as degrees of difficulty. Category and Definition Action Verbs for SLOs Remembering: The learner is able to recall, restate, and remember learned information. define, duplicate, enumerate, group, indicate, label, list, listen, locate, match, memorize, name, quote, recall, recite, recognize, record, relate, repeat, reproduce, restate, review, select, show, sort, state, tell, trace, underline, write Understanding: Comprehending the meaning, translation, and interpretation of instructions or problems. account for, annotate, associate, classify, characterize, cite, comprehend, convert, define, describe, detail, discuss, estimate, explain, express, extrapolate, identify, indicate, interpret, observe, paraphrase, predict, recognize, relate, reorganize, rephrase, report, research, restate, review, rewrite, show, summarize, translate Applying: (critical thinking) The learner grasps the meaning of information by interpreting and translating what has been learned. adapt, apply, capture, calculate, change, classify, collect, complete, compute, construct, customize, derive, demonstrate, dramatize, employ, express, generalize, illustrate, interpret, make, manipulate, modify, operate, organize, produce, show, solve, support, tabulate, translate, use, utilize Analyzing: (critical thinking) The learner breaks information into its parts to best understand that information in an attempt to identify evidence for a conclusion. analyze, arrange, audit, calculate, categorize, compare, conclude, contrast, correlate, debate, detect, diagnose, diagram, differentiate, discriminate, dissect, distinguish, examine, experiment, infer, order, outline, prioritize, relate, research, scrutinize, separate, sequence, sift, summarize, test Evaluating: (critical thinking) The learner makes decisions based on in-depth reflection, criticism, and assessment. appraise, argue, assess, choose, compare, conclude, criticize, critique, debate, decide, deduce, defend, determine, differentiate, discriminate, disprove, evaluate, infer, judge, justify, measure, predict, prioritize, probe, prove, rank, rate, recommend, revise, select, validate, verify Creating: (critical thinking) The learner creates new ideas and information using what has previously been learned. act, adapt, assemble, blend, build, code, compile, combine, compose, concoct, construct, create, cultivate, depict, design, develop, devise, formulate, forecast, generate, hypothesize, imagine, invent, model, organize, originate, predict, plan, prepare, propose, produce, set up, solve, theorize, write
