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understand is more rigorous. Although some questions require simple recall to answer,
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said Bloom, others require higher thinking levels.
Key 5.5 shows the six levels of learning identified by Bloom: knowledge, under-
standing, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Beneath the illustration of the
levels, the table explains what each level is (column 1), lists common verbs associated
with each level (column 2), and provides an example question for that level of learning
(column 3). When you read, use these verbs to create specific questions that will help
you learn. For instance, if you were to continue creating questions based on the head-
ings from Out of Many discussed in Key 5.4, the questions would change based on the
level specified by Bloom’s Taxonomy and look like those in column 3.

KEY 5.5 Use Bloom’s Taxonomy to formulate questions at different levels.

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

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 African
words and ideas. recognize, relate, recall, repeat, reproduce, state 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, support, American political campaign and note any
decisions about their merit. value changes since.

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