Adapted from: Task Oriented Question Construction Wheel Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy (2004).
St. Edward’s University Center for Teaching Excellence.
| Domain (presented from lowest level to highest level) |
Examples of Action Verbs for SLOs | Student Work is Based On |
|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | Describe, identify, state, recite, label, list, define, select | Gathering and recalling information from events, films, news, people, readings, videos, etc. |
| Comprehension | Illustrate, explain, defend, distinguish, summarize, interpret | Confirming information and/or using knowledge |
| Application | Organize, prepare, apply, solve, show, use | Making use of knowledge; creating something |
| Analysis | Compare, analyze, infer, classify | Taking apart pieces of a whole |
| Synthesis | Combine, hypothesize, construct, invent, design | Putting pieces together |
| Evaluation | Critique, recommend, appraise, evaluate, weigh, judge | Judging the outcome |