THE REVISED BLOOMS TAXONOMY TABLE FOR ESSENTIAL STANDARDS

COGNITIVE PROCESS DIMENSION (Verbs used in Standards)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
KNOWLEDGE REMEMBER UNDERSTAND APPLY ANALYZE EVALUATE CREATE
Recognizing Interpreting Executing Differentiating Checking Generating
DIMENSION Recalling Exemplifying Implementing Organizing Critiquing Planning
(Types of Knowledge Classifying Attributing Producing
to be Learned) Summarizing
Inferring
Comparing
Explaining
FACTUAL KNOWLEDGE
Terminology
Specific Details and Elements

CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE
Classifications and Categories
Principles and Generalizations
Theories, Models, and Structures

PROCEDURAL KNOWLEDGE
Subject-Specific Skills and
Algorithms
Subject-Specific Techniques and
Methods
Criteria for Determining When to
Use Appropriate Procedures

METACOGNITIVE
KNOWLEDGE
Strategic Knowledge
Knowledge about Cognitive Tasks
Self-Knowledge

Adapted from Anderson, Lorin and David Krathwohl, A Taxonomy For Learning, Teaching and Assessing. New York: Longman, 2001,