| Category | Knowledge Information Gathering |
Comprehension Confirming Application |
Making Use of Knowledge Analysis (Higher Order) | Taking Apart Synthesis (Higher Order) |
Putting Together Evaluation (Higher Order) |
Judging the Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description The skills demonstrated at this level are those of: |
observation and recall of information; knowledge of dates, events, places; knowledge of major ideas; mastery of subject matter. |
understanding information; grasping meaning; translating knowledge into new context; interpreting facts, comparing, contrasting; ordering, grouping, inferring causes; predicting consequences |
using information; using methods, concepts, theories in new situations; solving problems using required skills or knowledge |
seeing patterns; organization of parts; recognition of hidden meanings; identification of components |
using old ideas to create new ones; generalizing from given facts; relating knowledge from several areas; predicting, drawing conclusions |
comparing and discriminating between ideas; assessing value of theories, presentations; making choices based on reasoned argument; verifying value of evidence; recognizing subjectivity |
| What the Student Does |
Student recalls or recognizes information, ideas, and principles in the approximate form in which they were learned | Student translates, comprehends, or interprets information based on prior learning. | Student selects, transfers, and uses data and principles to complete a problem or task. | Student distinguishes, classifies, and relates the assumptions, hypotheses, evidence, or structure of a statement or question. | Student originates, integrates, and combines ideas into a product, plan or proposal that is new to him or her. | Student appraises, assesses, or critiques on a basis of specific standards and criteria. |
| Sample Trigger Words |
- define - list - label - name - identify - repeat - who - what - when - where - tell - describe - collect - examine - tabulate - quote |
- predict - associate - estimate - differentiate - extend - summarize - describe - interpret - discuss - extend - contrast - distinguish - explain - paraphrase - illustrate - compare |
- apply - demonstrate - complete - illustrate - show - examine - modify - relate - change - classify - experiment - discover - use - compute - solve - construct - calculate |
- separate - order - explain - connect - divide - compare - select - explain - infer - arrange - classify - analyze - categorize - compare - contrast - separate |
- combine - integrate - rearrange - substitute - plan - create - design - invent - what it? - Prepare - generalize - compose - modify - create - design - hypothesize - invent - develop - formulate - rewrite |
- decide - grade - test - measure - recommend - judge - explain - compare - summarize - assess - judge - recommend - critique - justify - discriminate - support - convince - conclude - select - rank - predict - argue |
| Sample Task(s) |
Name the food groups and at least two items of food in each group Make an acrostic poem about healthy food. | Write a simple menu for breakfast, lunch or dinner using the food guide chart. | What would you ask shoppers in a supermarket if you were doing a survey of what food they eat? (10 questions) | Prepare a report about what the people in this class eat for breakfast | Create a song and dance to sell bananas. | Make a booklet about 10 important eating habits that would be suitable for the whole school to follow in order to eat correctly. |
| Advertisement Annotated bibliography Art gallery Biography Blueprint Board game Book Cover Bulletin board Card game Chart Collage Collection with illustration Collection with narrative Comic Strip Computer program Crossword puzzle |
Debate Detailed illustration Diary Diorama Display Drama Dramatic monologue Editorial Essay Experiment Experiment Log Fable Fact file Fairy tale Family tree Glossary |
Graph Graphic design Greeting card Illustrated story Journal Labeled diagram Large scale drawing Lecture Letter Letter to the editor Lesson Line drawing Magazine article Map Map with legend Mobile |
Monograph Museum exhibit Musical composition News report Pamphlet Pattern with instructions Photo essay Picture dictionary Poem Poster Reference file Powerpoint Presentation Survey Transparency of overhead Vocabulary List Written report |