Academic Assessment Committee Bloom’s Taxonomy – Lower-level and Higher-level Cognitive Skills

Recall/regurgitate facts without understanding. Exhibits previously learned material by recalling facts, terms, basic concepts and answers. To change or create into something new. Compiling information together in a different way by combining elements in a new pattern or proposing alternative solutions. To use in a new situation. Solving problems by applying acquired knowledge, facts, techniques, and rules in a different way. To examine in detail. Examining and breaking information into parts by identifying motives or causes; making inferences and finding evidence to support generalizations. To show by understanding finding information from the text. Demonstrating basic understanding of facts and ideas. To justify. Presenting and defending opinions by making judgements about information, validity of ideas or quality of work based on a set of criteria.