Bloom’s Taxonomy for Questions
Level
Knowledge
Comprehension
Application
Analysis
Synthesis
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Questions
Who
Which
What
Where
When
How many
Name
Locate
Recall
Label
How
Explain
Match
Give an example
Describe
Illustrate/Draw
“tell it in your own words”-summarize
Main idea
What if
Show what
Name some other
Sort/categorize
Did this ever happen to you
Solve this problem
Synonyms
What’s wrong with…
Why
What are some of the causes
How are… alike/different
Making inferences
What are the solutions
What are the steps
Which one comes first/last
Opposites and analogies
Suppose
How else
Predict
How can you improve
What could have been done differently
Create
Design
What if
Think of all the ways..
Bloom’s Taxonomy for Questions
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