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Recommended Verbs for Learning Outcomes

The document provides a table summarizing recommended verbs for writing learning outcomes according to Bloom's revised taxonomy. It lists sample verbs for each of the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains. The cognitive domain includes remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, and create. The psychomotor domain includes perceive, set, respond as guided, act, respond overtly, adapt, and organize. The affective domain includes receive, respond, value, organize, and internalize.

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Recommended Verbs for Learning Outcomes

The document provides a table summarizing recommended verbs for writing learning outcomes according to Bloom's revised taxonomy. It lists sample verbs for each of the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains. The cognitive domain includes remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, and create. The psychomotor domain includes perceive, set, respond as guided, act, respond overtly, adapt, and organize. The affective domain includes receive, respond, value, organize, and internalize.

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Annex 4 – Recommended Verbs for Writing Learning Outcomes

(Adapted from BCIT (2003) and PATE Module on Assessment and Evaluation)
ADAPTED FROM THE REVISED BLOOM’S TAXONOMY

COGNITIVE (K)

REMEMBER UNDERSTAND APPLY ANALYZE EVALUATE CREATE


Retrieve knowledge Construct meaning Carry out/use Break material into Make judgments Put elements
from long-term from instructional procedure in a constituent parts; based on criteria together to form
memory messages, including given situation determine how and standards coherent or
oral, written, graphic parts relate to one functional whole;
communication another and to an reorganize
overall structure or elements into a
purpose new pattern or
structure
Sample Verbs: Sample Verbs: Sample Verbs: Sample Verbs: Sample Verbs: Sample Verbs:
 Define  Classify  Apply  Analyze  Analyze  Compose
 Describe  Compare  Change  Attribute  Attribute  Construct
 Label  Discuss  Choose  Debate  Debate  Create
 List  Exemplify  Demonstrate  Differentiate  Differentiate  Design
 Match  Explain  Execute  Distinguish  Distinguish  Develop
 Recall  Identify  Implement  Examine  Examine  Formulate
 Recognize  Illustrate  Prepare  Organize  Organize  Generate
 State  Infer  Solve  Research  Research  Invent
 Interpret  Use  Make
 Predict  Organize
 Report  Plan
 Review  Produce
 Summarize  Propose
 Translate
PSYCHOMOTOR (S)

PERCEIVE SET RESPOND AS ACT RESPOND ADAPT ORGANIZE


GUIDED OVERTLY
Senses cues that Is mentally, Imitates and Performs acts Performs acts Adapts skill sets Creates new
guide motor emotionally, practices skills with increasing automatically to solve a patterns for
activity physically ready to efficiency, problem specific
act confidence, ad situations
proficiency

Sample Verbs: Sample Verbs: Sample Verbs: Sample Verbs: Sample Verbs: Sample Verbs:
 Detect  Assume a stance  Copy  Assemble  Act habitually  Adapt  Arrange
 Differentiate  Display  Duplicate  Calibrate  Control  Alter  Build
 Distinguish Perform motor  Imitate  Complete  Direct  Change  Compose
 Identify skills  Operate under with confidence  Guide  Rearrange  Construct
 Observe  Position the supervision  Conduct  Manage  Reorganize  Create
 Recognize body  Practice  Construct  Perform  Revises  Design
 Relate  Proceed  Repeat  Demonstrate  Originate
 Describe the  Show  Reproduce  Dismantle Note: Same  Make
perception  Fix verbs as “ACT”,
 Describe the  Execute but with
sensation:  Improve modifiers
o Hear efficiency describing the
o Listen  Make performance,
o See  Manipulate e.g., faster,
o Smell  Measure better, more
o Taste  Mend accurate,
 Organize outstanding, etc.
 Produce
AFFECTIVE (A)

RECEIVE RESPOND VALUE ORGANIZE INTERNALIZE


(CHARACTERIZE)
Selectively responds to Responds to stimuli Attaches value or worth stimuli Conceptualizes Integrate the value into a
to something value and resolves value system that
conflict between this controls behavior
value and other values

Sample Verbs: Sample Verbs: Sample Verbs: Sample Verbs: Sample Verbs:
 Acknowledge  Answer  Adopt  Adapt  Act upon
 Choose  Communicate  Assume responsibility  Adjust  Advocate
 Demonstrate  Comply  Behave according to  Arrange  Defend
awareness  Contribute  Choose  Balance  Exemplify
 Demonstrate  Cooperate  Commit  Classify  Influence
tolerance  Discuss  Express  Conceptualize  Perform
 Locate  Participate willingly  Initiate  Formulate  Practice
 Select  Volunteer  Justify  Organize  Serve
 Propose  Prepare  Support
 Show concern  Rank
 Use resources to  Theorize

Dave (1967), Simpson (1972), and Harrow (1972; mainly used for Physical Education) separately developed the Psychomotor
set. The one used here is based on Simpson.

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