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KEY 6.4 Use Bloom’s Taxonomy to formulate questions at different levels.

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Level
Evaluation
Synthesis
Analysis

Application
Understanding
Lowest
Lowest
Level Knowledge
Level

The table below explains each level in the taxonomy illustration, provides common verbs to help you recognize
each level, and provides a sample question you might ask at that level. The questions are based on the headings
from Out of Many.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS DEMONSTRATING
LEVEL OF LEARNING COMMON VERBS THAT INDICATE THE LEVEL THE LEVEL OF LEARNING

Knowledge. Memorize average, define, duplicate, label, list, memorize, name, order, List three main characters of the early
words and ideas. recognize, relate, recall, repeat, reproduce, state African American political scene.
Understanding. Explain classify, describe, discuss, explain, express, identify, indicate, Explain the struggles faced by African
ideas in your own words. locate, recognize, report, restate, review, select, translate American politicians.
Application. Apply what apply, choose, demonstrate, dramatize, employ, illustrate, Interpret the impact of slavery on the early
you learn. interpret, operate, practice, schedule, sketch, solve, use, write African American politicians.
Analysis. Analyze analyze, appraise, calculate, categorize, compare, contrast, Compare and contrast the Caucasian
information and look at criticize, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, examine, political environment of the time with that
similarities and differences. experiment, question, test of the emerging African American politicians.

Synthesis. Put together arrange, assemble, collect, compose, construct, create, Arrange the major events of the era as
information “from scratch.” design, develop, formulate, manage, organize, plan, prepare, they corresponded with the emerging
propose, set up, write political movement.
Evaluation. Examine appraise, argue, assess, attach, choose, compare, defend, Rate the effectiveness of the first African
different ideas and make estimate, evaluate, judge, predict, rate, score, select, American political campaign and note any
decisions about their merit. support, value changes since.

Step 3: Read
Your text survey and questions give you tools for active reading, the first R in SQ3R.
With these tools you can dig into the text, ask more questions, and identify important
information.

Focus on the key points of your survey. Pay special attention to information in the
headings, in boldface type, in chapter objectives, in the summary, and in other empha-
sized text.
6 Focus on your Q-stage questions. Read the material with the purpose of answer-
CHAPTER 142 ing each question. Write down or highlight ideas and examples that relate to your
questions.