Tami Andersons Assessment Taxonomy Table

Bloom categories/
Revised Taxonomy

Learning
objective
verbs

Knowledge /Remembering
(recall, list, define, identify, collect,
label)
Comprehension/Understanding
(summarize, describe interpret,
predict, discuss)
Apply
Application/Applying
(apply, demonstrate, illustrate,
classify, experiment, discover)

Analysis/Analyzing
(analyze, classify, connect, explain,
infer)

Examine

Evaluation/Evaluating
(assess, recommend, convince,
compare, conclude, summarize)

Create
Design

Objective/Activity

After learning about genetic mutations

in humans through teachers lecture and
videos, students will apply their
knowledge by creating a brochure that
provides accurate information on a
genetic mutation or disease and by
achieving a score of 60 out of 70 on the
rubric.
After learning about the human genome
by teachers lecture and guided practice,
students will examine a karyotype and
correctly determine the gender and
genetic health of an individual with at
least 90% accuracy in a lab activity.
After learning about Mendels laws of
inheritance through teacher lecture and
videos, students will create a concept
map that 90% of the time correctly
applies their knowledge through the use
of examples of Mendelian laws of
heredity.
After learning how to use a Punnett
square through the teachers lecture and
guided practice, students will design a
species that demonstrates their
knowledge of the variations of
monohybrid crosses and dihybrid
crosses that can occur in a species by
achieving a 34 out of 40 on the provided
rubric.

Synthesis/Creating
(combine, integrate, plan, create,
design, formulate)