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Blooms Taxonomy of Skills


Check out this new infographic that illustrates Bloom's Taxonomy of Skills.

Bloom’s Taxonomy is a hierarchical classification of the six levels of cognitive function and learning. Below is an amazing list of verbs to use in your training design. Thanks TrainingIndustry.com for the list!

  • Knowledge: list, define, tell, describe, identify, show, label, collect, examine, tabulate, quote, name, who, when and where

  • Comprehension: summarize, describe, interpret, contrast, predict, associate, distinguish, estimate, differentiate, discuss and extend

  • Application: apply, demonstrate, calculate, complete, illustrate, show, solve, examine, modify, relate, change, classify, experiment and discover

  • Analysis: analyze, separate, order, explain, connect, classify, arrange, divide, compare, select, explain and infer

  • Synthesis: combine, integrate, modify, rearrange, substitute, plan, create, design, invent, compose, formulate, prepare, generalize and rewrite

  • Evaluation: assess, decide, rank, grade, test, measure, recommend, convince, select, judge, explain, discriminate, support, conclude, compare and summarize

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