Key verbs
To help you to write appropriate learning objectives for each domain we have provided a table with some key verbs you may like to consider using:
Cognitive (knowledge) | Affective (attitudes) | Psychomotor (skills) |
Recognise, define, explain, report, discuss, critique, summarise, apply, develop, review, appraise, evaluate | Discuss, question, contribute, interpret, consider, debate, argue, challenge, compare, contrast | Replicate, re-create, demonstrate, perform, execute, show, solve, modify, master, manage |
This is by no means an exhaustive list, for more please see http://www.businessballs.com/bloomstaxonomyoflearningdomains.htm
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