**Anderson and Krathwohl's Taxonomy 2000

Lower Level Middle Level Higher Level

Knowledge Skill Reasoning
Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create
Retrieving, Constructing Carrying out or Breaking Making judgments Putting elements
recalling, or meaning from using material or based on criteria together to form a
recognizing different types a procedure concepts into and standards coherent or
knowledge of functions be through parts, through checking functional whole;
from memory. they written or executing, or determining and critiquing. reorganizing
Remembering graphic implementing. how the parts Critiques, elements into a new
is when messages Applying related relate or recommendations, pattern or structure
memory is activities like and refers to interrelate to and reports are through generating,
used to interpreting, situations where one another or some of the planning, or
produce exemplifying, learned material to an overall products that can producing. Creating
definitions, classifying, is used through structure or be created to requires users to put
facts, or lists, summarizing, products like purpose. Mental demonstrate the parts together in a
or recite or inferring, models, actions included processes of new way or
retrieve comparing, presentations, in this function evaluation. In the synthesize parts into
material. and interviews or are newer taxonomy something new and
explaining. simulations. differentiating, evaluation comes different a new form
Verbs to Use organizing, and before creating as or product. This
Retrieve Verbs to Use Verbs to Use attributing, as it is often a process is the most
Recall Interpret Execute well as being necessary part of difficult mental
Recognize Clarify Implement able to the precursory function in the new
Define Translate Use a procedure distinguish behavior before taxonomy.
Recite Represent Carry out between the creating
Identify Paraphrase Apply components or something. Verbs to Use
List Exemplify Complete parts. When one Reorganize
Name Classify Construct is analyzing Verbs to Use Generate
State Summarize Demonstrate he/she can Judge Hypothesize
Tell Infer Dramatize illustrate this Critique Plan
Repeat Discuss Employ mental function Appraise Design
Explain Illustrate by creating Assess Produce
Express Operate spreadsheets, Choose Create
Categorize Practice surveys, charts, Select Assemble
Generalize Sketch or diagrams, or Conclude Devise
Conclude Measure graphic Estimate Formulate
Predict representations. Evaluate Propose
Justify
Verbs to Use Rate
Differentiate Revise
Discriminate Support
Distinguish
Focus
Select
Organize
Integrate
Outline
Deconstruct
Analyze
Compare
Contrast
Debate
Diagram
Examine
 Experiment
Inspect
Inventory
Test
Owen Wilson, L. (2006). Beyond Bloom – A new version of the cognitive taxonomy. Retrieved from
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As you prepare your lesson, be mindful of these additional SIOP components and features.
You will want to model these when you teach your lesson.
Comprehensible Input Speech appropriate for students’ proficiency levels
Interaction Wait Time
Lesson Delivery Pacing of Lesson