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!loom"s Ta#onom$"s
Model %uestions and &e$ 'ords
!ased on !loom"s Ta#onom$( )eeloped and E#panded *$ +o,n Ma$nard
I. KNOWLEDGE (drawing out factual answers, testing recall and recognition)
-,o -,ere descri*e -,ic, one
-,at ,o- de.ine -,at is t,e *est one
-,$ matc, c,oose ,o- muc,
-,en select omit -,at does it mean

II. COM!E"EN#ION (translating, inter$reting and e%tra$olating)
state in $our o-n -ords classi.$ -,ic, are .acts
-,at does t,is mean /udge is t,is t,e same as
gie an e#ample in.er select t,e *est de.inition
condense t,is paragrap, s,o- -,at -ould ,appen i.
state in one -ord indicate e#plain -,at is ,appening
-,at part doesn"t .it tell e#plain -,at is meant
-,at e#pectations are t,ere translate read t,e grap,( ta*le
-,at are t,e$ sa$ing select t,is represents
-,at seems to *e matc, is it alid t,at
-,at seems li0el$ e#plain s,o- in a grap,( ta*le
-,ic, statements support represent demonstrate
-,at restrictions -ould $ou
add
III. &LIC&'ION (to situations t(at are new, unfa)iliar or (a*e a new slant for
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students)
predict -,at -ould ,appen i. e#plain
c,oose t,e *est statements t,at appl$ identi.$ t,e results o.
/udge t,e e..ects select
-,at -ould result tell -,at -ould ,appen
tell ,o-( -,en( -,ere( -,$ tell ,o- muc, c,ange t,ere -ould *e

I+. &N&L,#I# (-rea.ing down into $arts, for)s)
distinguis, -,at is t,e .unction o.
identi.$ -,at"s .act( opinion
-,at assumptions -,at statement is releant
-,at motie is t,ere
related to( e#traneous to( not
applica*le
-,at conclusions -,at does aut,or *eliee( assume
ma0e a distinction state t,e point o. ie- o.
-,at is t,e premise state t,e point o. ie- o.
-,at ideas appl$ -,at ideas /usti.$ conclusion
-,at"s t,e relations,ip *et-een t,e least essential statements are
-,at"s t,e main idea( t,eme -,at inconsistencies( .allacies
-,at literar$ .orm is used -,at persuasie tec,ni2ue
implicit in t,e statement is

+. #,N'"E#I# (co)-ining ele)ents into a $attern not clearl/ t(ere -efore)
create ,o- -ould $ou test ma0e up
tell propose an alternatie compose
ma0e sole t,e .ollo-ing .ormulate
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do plan ,o- else -ould $ou
c,oose design state a rule
deelop

+I. E+&L0&'ION (according to so)e set of criteria, and state w(/)
appraise -,at .allacies( consistencies( inconsistencies appear
/udge -,ic, is more important( moral( *etter( logical( alid( appropriate
critici4e .ind t,e errors
de.end compare
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Updated:
October 11, 2002
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