Overview

Action verbs
notes


Sheet 1: Action verbs

Bloom Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation
Affective domain Pyschomotor domain
New Bloom Remember Understand Apply Analyze
Evaluate Create

define cite act arrange adapt appraise build accept assemble

describe classify administer break down anticipate assess compose appreciate bend

enumerate convert Apply classify categorize compare/contrast construct attempt build

examine discuss articulate correlate collaborate conclude Create challenge catch

identify estimate assess diagram combine convince design debate construct

label explain build differentiate communicate criticize generate defend dance

list generalize calculate discriminate compare critique hypothesize deny dismantle

match give example chart distinguish compile decide invent dispute grasp

name interpret choose divide compose defend paint join grind

quote paraphrase collect focus contrast interpret plan judge handle

read summarize compute illustrate create judge sketch praise juggle

read
construct infer design justify write protest lift

record
contribute limit devise measure
question move

reproduce
control order express recommend
respect operate

select
determine outline facilitate reframe
share perform

state
develop prioritize formulate support
support reach

tabulate
discover recognize formulate test
value relax

tell
discover separate generate


run

view
dramatize subdivide incorporate


shorten



establish
individualize


speak



experiment
initiate


stretch



extend
integrate


swim



implement
intervene


throw



inform
model


walk



instruct
modify


wrestle



operationalize
negotiate






paint
plan






participate
progress






predict
rearrange






prepare
reconstruct






preserve
reinforce






produce
reorganize






project
revise






provide
structure






relate
substitute






report
validate






show








sketch








solve








teach








transfer








use








utilize






Sheet 2: notes

Verb note
introduce Depending on context, such as "Introduce rock types," the verb might be a teacher intention and not something the student does, knows, or values.
discuss Discussion is a process, not an outcome. Be careful not to cite processes as outcomes.
understand Understanding is not measurable.
recognize Recognition is not usually measurable. Exceptions might be in a court of law where an attorney might ask a witness, "Do you recognize the person who you saw with the axe that night in this courtroom?"