Areas

Definition

Key Verbs

Classroom Products

Knowledge

knowing and remembering facts

match, recognize, list, describe, name, define, show, record, select, identify

report, map, worksheet, chart

Comprehension

understanding

explain, locate, inquire, demonstrate, discover

diagram, model, game, picture, teach a lesson, dioramas, time line

Application

doing, making use of what is known

model, apply, code, collect, organize, construct, report, experiment, sketch, paint, draw, group, put in order

survey, diary, mobile, scapbook, photographs, stichery, cartoon, model, illustration, sculpture, learning centre, construction

Analysis

explaining what is known

categorize, take apart, analyze, separate, dissect, compare, contrast

graph, survey, report, time line, family tree, commercial, fact file, questionnaire

Synthesis

putting together the known into something new

add to, create, imagine, combine, suppose, predict, role-play, change, hypothesize, what if?, design, invent, infer, improve, adapt, compose

story, poem, play, song, pantomime, news article, invention, radio show, dance, mural, comic strip

Evaluation

judging the outcome

justify, debate, solve, recommend, judge, criticize, prove, dispute

editorial, survey, self-evaluation, letter, conclusion, recommendation, court trial