Intel® Teach Program
Essentials Course
Promoting Higher-Order
Thinking Skills
To ensure that we are promoting higher-order thinking
skills as we develop our Units, focus on the verbs based
on Bloom’s Taxonomy listed under Analysis, Synthesis,
and Evaluation. Questions and activities should be
planned so as to challenge learners to move from
lower to higher order thinking.
Evaluation
Synthesis
Analysis
Application
Comprehension
Knowledge
Knowledge
Comprehension
Application
Recall or recognition of information
Understand or interpret
Transfer from one setting to another
arrange
define
duplicate
identify
label
list
memorize
name
recall
recognize
repeat
show
state
classify
compare
demonstrate
describe
differentiate
discuss
explain
express
identify
indicate
interpret
H I G H E R - O R D E R
locate
paraphrase
report
summarize
restate
recognize
review
select
translate
visualize
T H I N K I N G
apply
calculate
choose
classify
demonstrate
dramatize
illustrate
interpret
manipulate
modify
operate
put into
practice
relate
schedule
solve
use
write
S K I L L S
Analysis
Synthesis
Evaluation
Identify parts and see related order
Put parts together to form a new whole
Judge value or use based on criteria
analyze
appraise
calculate
categorize
choose
compare
contrast
criticize
deduce
examine
experiment
organize
question
test
differentiate
discriminate
distinguish
arrange
assemble
compare
collect
compose
construct
create
design
devise
develop
discuss
formulate
hypothesize
manage
organize
plan
prepare
propose
report
set up
schematize
support
write
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appraise
argue
assess
attach
choose
compare
criticize
defend
estimate
evaluate
judge
justify
predict
rate
select
support
value
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