BLOOM'S TAXONOMY ACTION VERBS
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Definition
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Sample verbs
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Sample behaviors
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Student
recalls or
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arrange
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identify
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memorize
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recognize
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The
student will define
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recognizes
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reproduce
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define
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label
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name
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relate
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the 6
levels of Bloom's
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ideas, and principles in the
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select
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KNOWLEDGE
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describe
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list
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order
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recall
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taxonomy
of the
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approximate form in which
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state
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duplicate
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match
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outline
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repeat
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cognitive domain.
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they were
learned.
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explain
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convert
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express
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defend
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infer
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rewrite
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Student
translates,
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summarize
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extend
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The
student will explain
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describe
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locate
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review
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comprehends, or
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paraphrase
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generalized
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the purpose of Bloom's
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COMPREHENSION
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discuss
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paraphrase
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select
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interprets
information
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describe
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give
example(s)
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taxonomy
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distinguish
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predict
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summarize
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based on prior learning.
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illustrate
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identify
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cognitive domain.
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estimate
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Recognize
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translate
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classify
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indicate
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explain
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use
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apply
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employ
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practice
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Student selects, transfers,
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change
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show
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The student will
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compute
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illustrate
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predict
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and uses
data and
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choose
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sketch
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write an
instructional
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solve
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interpret
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prepare
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APPLICATION
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principles to complete a
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compute
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solve
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objective for each
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demonstrate
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manipulate
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produce
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problem
or task with a
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demonstrate
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use
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level of
Bloom's
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apply
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modify
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relate
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minimum
of direction.
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discover
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write
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taxonomy.
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construct
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operate
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schedule
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dramatize
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Student distinguishes,
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analyze
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change
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employ
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practice
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show
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categorize
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discover
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illustrate
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predict
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The
student will
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classifies,
and relates the
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sketch
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compare
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choose
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interpret
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prepare
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compare and contrast
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ANALYSIS
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assumptions, hypotheses,
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solve
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contrast
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compute
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manipulate
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produce
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the
cognitive and
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evidence,
or structure of a
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use
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separate
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demonstrate
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modify
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relate
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affective domains.
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statement
or question
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write
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apply
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dramatize
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operate
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schedule
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create
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categorize
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design
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The
student will
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prepare
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rewrite
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design a
classification
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Student
originates,
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design
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collect
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develop
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rearrange
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set up
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scheme for writing
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integrates, and combines
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hypothesize
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combine
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devise
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reconstruct
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summarize
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educational
objectives
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SYNTHESIS
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ideas
into a product, plan
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invent
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comply
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explain
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relate
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synthesize
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that
combines the
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or
proposal that is new
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develop
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compose
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formulate
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reorganize
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tell
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cognitive,
affective,
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to him or
her.
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arrange
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construct
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generate
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revise
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write
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and psychomotor
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assemble
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create
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plan
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domains.
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Judge
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Assess
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Defend
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Judge
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Rate
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The student will
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Student appraises,
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Recommend
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Attach
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Describe
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Justify
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Select
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judge the effective‐
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assesses,
or critiques on a
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Critique
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Choose
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Discriminate
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EVALUATION
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Interpret
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Summarize
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ness of
writing
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basis of specific standards
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Justify
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Compare
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Estimate
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Relate
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Support
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objectives
using
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and
criteria.
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Appraise
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Conclude
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Evaluate
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Predict
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Value
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Bloom's
taxonomy.
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Argue
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Contrast
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Explain
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Reference:
http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/cogsys/bloom.html
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