{"id":278826,"date":"2025-06-25T05:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T05:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/25\/100-blooms-taxonomy-verbs-for-critical-thinking-2\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:07:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:07:59","slug":"100-blooms-taxonomy-verbs-for-critical-thinking-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/25\/100-blooms-taxonomy-verbs-for-critical-thinking-2\/","title":{"rendered":"100+ Bloom&#8217;s Taxonomy Verbs For Critical Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p>            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blooms-taxonomy-verbs.png\" alt=\"100+ Bloom's Taxonomy Verbs For Critical Thinking\" class=\"wp-image-46510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blooms-taxonomy-verbs.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blooms-taxonomy-verbs-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blooms-taxonomy-verbs-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blooms-taxonomy-verbs-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blooms-taxonomy-verbs-86x64.png 86w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>by <b>TeachThought Staff<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy\u2019s verbs\u2013also known as power verbs or thinking verbs\u2013are extraordinarily powerful instructional planning tools.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, in addition to concepts like backward design and power standards, they are one of the most useful tools a teacher-as-learning-designer has access to. Why?<\/p>\n<p>As research has suggested, they can be used for assessment design, curriculum design, lesson planning, personalizing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/pedagogy\/differentiated-instruction\/\"><strong>differentiating learning<\/strong><\/a>, and almost any other \u2018thing\u2019 a teacher\u2013or student\u2013has to do.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if a standard asks students to infer and demonstrate an author\u2019s position using evidence from the text, there\u2019s a lot built into that kind of task. First, a student has to be able to define what an \u2018author\u2019s position\u2019 is and what \u2018evidence from the text\u2019 means (<em>Knowledge-level<\/em>). They\u2019ll then need to be able to summarize that same text (<em>Understanding-level<\/em>), interpret and infer any arguments or positions (<em>Analyze-level<\/em>), evaluate inherent claims (<em>Evaluate-level<\/em>), and then write (<em>Create-level<\/em>) a response that demonstrates their thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Though the chart below reads left to right, it\u2019s ideal to imagine it as a kind of incline, with Knowledge at the bottom, and Create at the top.\u00a0You may not always need this kind of tool to \u2018unpack\u2019 standards and identify a possible learning sequence, but it also works ideally as an assessment design tool. If students can consistently work with the topic in the columns to the right\u2013designing, recommending, differentiating, comparing and contrasting, and so on, then they likely have a firm grasp on the material.<\/p>\n<p>You can also read more about <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/learning\/what-is-blooms-revised-taxonomy\/\">Bloom\u2019s Revised Taxonomy<\/a><\/strong> (or Bloom\u2019s updated Taxonomy) if you\u2019re so inclined.<\/p>\n<p>While we\u2019ve shared\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/critical-thinking\/blooms-poster\/\">Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy posters<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0before, the simplicity and clean design of the chart format make it a bit more functional\u2013even useful to hand to the students themselves as a hole-punch-and-keep-it-in-your-journal-for-the-year kind of resource. It also makes a powerful self-directed learning tool. Start at the left, and, roughly, move right.<\/p>\n<p><em>Also see <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/critical-thinking\/blooms-digital-verbs\/\">Bloom\u2019s Digital Verbs For Technology-Rich Teaching<\/a> for a version of Bloom\u2019s designed for digital tasks and tools.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>For a visual version of this framework, see <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/critical-thinking\/blooms-digital-taxonomy\/\">Bloom\u2019s Digital Taxonomy Chart<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Knowledge: Define, Identify, Describe, Recognize, Tell, Explain, Recite, Memorize, Illustrate, Quote, State, Match, Recognize, Select, Examine, Locate, Recite, Enumerate, Record, List, Quote, Label<\/p>\n<p>Understand: Summarize, Interpret, Classify, Compare, Contrast, Infer, Relate, Extract, Paraphrase, Cite, Discuss, Distinguish, Delineate, Extend, Predict, Indicate, Translate, Inquire, Associate, Explore Convert<\/p>\n<p>Apply: Solve, Change, Relate, Complete, Use, Sketch, Teach, Articulate, Discover, Transfer, Show, Demonstrate, Involve, Dramatize, Produce, Report, Act, Respond, Administer, Actuate, Prepare, Manipulate<\/p>\n<p>Analyze: Contrast, Connect, Relate, Devise, Correlate, Illustrate, Distill, Conclude, Categorize, Take Apart, Problem-Solve, Differentiate, Deduce, Conclude, Devise, Subdivide, Calculate, Order, Adapt<\/p>\n<p>Evaluate: Criticize, Reframe, Judge, Defend, Appraise, Value, Prioritize Plan, Grade, Reframe, Revise, Refine, Grade, Argue, Support, Evolve, Decide, Re-design, Pivot<\/p>\n<p>Create: Design, Modify, Role-Play, Develop, Rewrite, Pivot, Modify, Collaborate, Invent, Write, Formulate, Invent, Imagine<\/p>\n<p><em>100+ Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy Verbs For Critical Thinking \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/critical-thinking-posts\/blooms-taxonomy-verbs\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] by TeachThought Staff Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy\u2019s verbs\u2013also known as power verbs or thinking verbs\u2013are extraordinarily powerful instructional planning tools. 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