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Knowledge and abilities related to Bloom's taxonomy

An illustration over Bloom's taxonomy

Remember

tests the students' recollection ability and if they can memorize certain facts.

Test questions focus on recollection ability and identification of information. That can be e.g. rehearsing someone else’s definition of a principle

Understand

refers to the students' ability to draw conclusions and interpret important information of the content of the course and describe other people's ideas in their own/other words.

Test questions focus on the use of facts, rules and principles

Apply

The students apply acquired concepts in a new situation.

Test questions focus on applying facts or principles

Analyse

The students can break new information into component parts and distinguish between them.

Test questions focus on identifying and relating parts to understand the structure

Evaluate

involves the students’ ability to look at ideas or principles of others and evaluate the work and the conclusions, e. g. assess the use of a new strategy

Test questions focus on evaluation, assessment, or decision-making

Create

The students can take different parts of the information and form a whole that creates a pattern that did not exist there before.

Test questions focus on combining ideas to compile new patterns and structures