Three Learning Domain and Action Verbs
Action Verb Appropriate for Cognitive Domain
(Head)Development of mental/intellectual skill
| Level | Action Verb |
| Remember | define, describe, identify, know, label, list, names, outlines, recall, recognize, reproduce, select, state |
| Understand | clarify, comprehend, convert, describe, discuss, defend, distinguish, estimate, explain, extend, generalize, give an example, identify, infer, interpret, illustrate, paraphrase, predict, review, rewrite, select, summarize, translate |
| Apply | apply, change, choose, classify, compute, construct, demonstrate, discover, interpret, manipulate, modify, operate, predict, prepare, produce, relate, show, solve, use, write |
| Analyze | analyze, assumption, breaks down, categorize, classify, compare, contrast, diagram, discover, deconstruct, differentiate, dissect, divide, discriminate, distinguish, distinction, examine, identify, illustrate, inspect, infer, list, motive, outline, relate, select, separate, simplify, survey, test, relationships, function, take part in |
| Evaluate | apprise, assess, choose, compare, conclude, contrast, criticize, critiques, defend, describe, discriminate, evaluate, explain, interpret, justify, relate, summarize, support |
| Create | build, categorize, combine, compile, compose, create, change, devise, design, explain, generate, improve, modify, minimize, organize, propose, plan, solve, solution, rearrange, reconstruct, relate, reorganize, revise, rewrite, summarize, synthesize, tell, write |
Action Verb Appropriate for Psychomotor Domain
(Hand) Manual or physical skills, movement, coordination, motor-s
| Level | Definition | Example | Action Verb |
| Imitation | Observing and patterning behavior after someone else | Watch teacher or trainer and repeat action, process or activity | copy, follow, replicate, repeat, adhere |
| Manipulation | Reproduce activity from instruction or memory | Carry out task from written or verbal instruction | re-create, build, perform, execute, implement |
| Precision | Execute skill reliably, independent of help | Perform an activity with expertise and to high quality without assistance or instruction; able to demonstrate an activity to other learners | demonstrate, show, complete, perfect, calibrate, control |
| Articulation | Adapt and integrate expertise to satisfy a non-standard objective | Relate and combine associated activities to develop methods to meet varying, novel requirements | construct, solve, adapt, combine, coordinate, integrate, develop, formulate, modify, master |
| Naturalization | Mastering a high level performance until it become second-nature or natural. | Design, specify, manage, invent, project-manage | Define aim, approach and strategy for use of activities to meet |
Action Verb Appropriate for Affective Domain
(Heart) Manner in which we deal with things emotionally – feelings, values, attitudes
| Level | Definition | Example | Action Verb |
| Receiving | Being aware of or attending to something in the environment | Individual reads a book passage about civil rights | Accept, Attend, Develop, Recognize |
| Responding | Showing some new behavior as a result of experience | Individual answers questions about the book, reads another book by the same author, another book about civil rights, etc. | Complete, Comply, Cooperate, Discuss, Examine, Obey, respond |
| Valuing | Showing some definite involvement or commitment | The individual demonstrates this by voluntarily attending a lecture on civil rights. | Accept, Defend, Devote, Pursue, Seek |
| Organization | Integrating a new value into one’s general set of values, giving it some ranking among one’s general priorities | The individual arranges a civil right rally | Codify, Discriminate, Display, Order, Organize, Systematize, Weigh |
| Characterization by value | Acting consistently with the new value | The individual is firmly committed to the value perhaps becoming a civil right leader | Internalize, Verify |
Three Learning Domain and Action Verbs
| Cognitive Domain (PO1-PO8, PO11), Head (Writen) |
Psychomotor Domain (PO4-PO5), Hand (practical) | Affective Domain (PO6-PO12), Heart (Feelings) |
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| C1 | Remembering Define, What, List, Sketch, Write |
P1 | Imitate Copy, Follow, Repeat |
A1 | Receive Accept, Attend, Recognize |
| C2 | Understanding Explain, Illustrate, Discuss |
P2 | Manipulation execute, implement, perform |
A2 | Respond Obey, Respond, Comply |
| C3 | Applying Apply, Solve, Show, Determine, Compute |
P3 | Precision show, Demonstrate |
A3 | Value Accept, Defend, Devote, Pursue, Seek |
| C4 | Analyzing Analyze, Illustrate, Test, Inspect |
P4 | Articulation Develop, Construct, Solve, Adapt, |
A4 | Organize Display, Order, Organize |
| C5 | Evaluating Justify, Compare, Differentiate, Summarize |
P5 | Naturalization Design, Invent, Specify |
A5 | Internalize Internalize, Verify |
| C6 | Creating/ Designing Design, Create, Modify, Build, Solve |
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