Blooms Taxonomy

(Mapping)
COMPETENCIES

Recognizing

Recalling

ENABLING SKILLS OR
SUCCESS INDICATORS
REMEMBERING

COMMAND WORDS

Identify
Match

List
Name
State

Write (the meaning/ message of

the picture.)
Illustrate ( the meaning and the
message in the text)
Represent (the main idea into
visual or of performing arts )
Draw (a visual out of the message
of the text / drama.)
Cite instance/s or instantiate
Illustrate by giving examples or
drawings
Identify
sort to group
Label the graph / categorize
List important details / note down
draw out the big idea
Outline big ideas into logical
sequence
Rewrite or retell

Draw
Paraphrase
Write

Give examples/
situations

Sort out
Classify

Give the
summary/
conclusion/
generalization

List down( important details or

Observe facts )
Identify (the trends/ patterns of
events)
(repeated acts or characteristics )
Draw a conclusion (based on the
trends/ patterns identified)
Identify (unique Characteristics of
each concepts
Identify (similarities or differences )
Describe (how they are a like and
how they are different )
Match

Predict
Interpolate
Extrapolate

Compare

Identify
Choose
Point out
Match
Locate
Underline
Name
List
Define
Recite
Memorize
Describe
Quote
Retell

UNDERSTANDING

Interpreting

Exemplifying

Classifying

Summarising

Inferring

Comparing

Explain

Identify the proper elements of

formula/performance
Describe the procedure
Practice/Demonstrate the
technical skills

Apply

Identify the relevant and

fundamental principles
Illustrate the procedure/method
Connect previous learnings to new
experience
Perform relevant applications

Apply

Distinguishing relevant from

irrelevant information
Distinguish facts from hypothesis
or opinion
Finding interrelatedness of ideas

Analyze

identifying the claim

finding evidence/bases

Analyze

Explaining

Identify the cause and effect

relationship
Describe (how this factor influence
such relationship)
describe (how the event happens
and its consequences who?/how ?
it happens.)

APPLYING

Executing

Practice
Dramatize
Demonstrate
Show
Manipulate
Calculate
Compute
Solve

Implementing

Solve
Modify
Change
Construct
Employ

ANALYSING
Differentiating

Organizing

identifying form/patterns or general

techniques in presenting the text
rewrite in new themes

Attributing

Analyze

Identify standards/criteria and

assess its accuracy
Observe for consistencies/fallacies
Detect effectiveness of
procedure/method

Assess
Justify

Identify external standards/criteria

Observe for consistencies/fallacies
Argue/Question the validity of the
procedure/method
Justify with citations

Assess
Justify

Identify (the point of view of

author).
Where this coming from /
perspective
Examine the benefits and
disadvantages
Cite consequences

EVALUATING

Checking

Testing
Monitoring
Assessing

Critiquing

Judging
Questioning/Arguing
Valuing

CREATING
Generating

Planning

List ideas , options

Give assumptions
Propose plans and actions

Design

Identify relevant information

Prepare action points and
strategies
Identify success criteria
List ideas, options, appropriate
hypothesis
Device a plan for execution
Invent/Compose/Construct

Design

Design

Producing