Bloom's Taxonomy Word List

The following words will help you to create good research questions.  The words at the top of the list will help you to create simpler questions, and the words closer to the bottom of the list will help you to create more challenging questions.

Knowledge - list, define, tell describe, identify, show, label, collect, tabulate, quote, name, who, when, where

Comprehension - summarize, describe, interpret, contrast, predict, associate, distinguish, estimate, differentiate, discuss, extend

Application - apply, demonstrate, calculate, complete, illustrate, show, solve, examine, modify, relate, change, classify, experiment, discover

Analysis - analyze, separate, order, explain, connect, classify, arrange, divide, compare, select, explain, infer

Synthesis - combine, integrate, modify, rearrange, substitute, plan, create, design, invent, what if?, compose, formulate, prepare, generalize, rewrite

Evaluation - assess, decide, rank, grade, test, measure, recommend, convince, select, judge, explain, discriminate, support, conclude, compare, summarize