| Classification of Cognitive Skills | ||
Category |
Definition |
Related Behaviors |
| Knowledge | recalling or remembering something without necessarily understanding, using, or changing it | define, describe, identify, label, list, match, memorize, point to, recall, select, state |
| Comprehension | understanding something that has been communicated without necessarily relating it to anything else | alter, account for, annotate, calculate, change, convert, group, explain, generalize, give examples, infer, interpret, paraphrase, predict, review, summarize, translate |
| Application | using a general concept to solve problems in a particular situation; using learned material in new and concrete situations | apply, adopt, collect, construct, demonstrate, discover, illustrate, interview, make use of, manipulate, relate, show, solve, use |
| Analysis | breaking something down into its parts; may focus on identification of parts or analysis of relationships between parts, or recognition of organizational principles | analyze, compare, contrast, diagram, differentiate, dissect, distinguish, identify, illustrate, infer, outline, point out, select, separate, sort, subdivide |
| Synthesis | reating something new by putting parts of different ideas together to make a whole. | blend, build, change, combine, compile, compose, conceive, create, design, formulate, generate, hypothesize, plan, predict, produce, reorder, revise, tell, write |
| Evaluation | judging the value of material or methods as they might be applied in a particular situation; judging with the use of definite criteria | accept, appraise, assess, arbitrate, award, choose, conclude, criticize, defend, evaluate, grade, judge, prioritize, recommend, referee, reject, select, support |