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Appendix B: Vocabulary Useful in Developing Objectives and Test Items at Various Cognitive Levels

Remembering

  1. acquire
  2. cite
  3. define
  4. identify
  5. label
  6. list
  7. name
  8. recall
  9. recite
  10. recognize
  11. reproduce
  12. state

Processing

  1. analyze
  2. apply
  3. associate
  4. categorize
  5. change
  6. choose
  7. classify
  8. compare
  9. compute
  10. contrast
  11. convert
  12. deduce
  13. demonstrate
  14. describe
  15. detect
  16. determine
  17. differentiate
  18. discriminate
  19. distinguish
  20. draw
  21. estimate
  22. explain
  23. extend
  24. extrapolate
  25. generalize
  26. illustrate
  27. infer
  28. interpolate
  29. interpret
  30. outline
  31. paraphrase
  32. point out
  33. predict
  34. prepare rearrange
  35. relate
  36. reorder
  37. rephrase
  38. represent
  39. restate
  40. restructure
  41. summarize
  42. transfer
  43. transform
  44. translate
  45. use

Creating

  1. combine
  2. compose
  3. constitute
  4. construct
  5. create
  6. derive
  7. design
  8. develop
  9. devise
  10. document
  11. formulate
  12. integrate
  13. modify
  14. organize
  15. originate
  16. plan produce
  17. propose
  18. reorganize
  19. revise
  20. rewrite
  21. specify
  22. synthesize
  23. tell
  24. transmit
  25. write

Evaluating

  1. appraise
  2. argue
  3. assess
  4. conclude
  5. consider
  6. decide
  7. evaluate
  8. judge
  9. standardize
  10. validate
  11. weigh

Created by The Ohio State University Department of Human and Community Resource Development.

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