Useful Vocabulary

VOCABULARY USEFUL IN DEVELOPING OBJECTIVES AND TEST ITEMS AT VARIOUS COGNITIVE LEVELS

Remembering	Processing	Creating		Evaluating
acquire	analyze	interpret	combine	appraise
cite	apply	interpolate	compose	argue
define	associate	outline	constitute	assess
identify	categorize	paraphrase	create	consider
label	change	point out	derive	decide
list	choose	predict	design	evaluate
name	classify	prepare	develop	judge
recall	compare	rearrange	devise	standardize
recite	compute	relate	document	validate
recognize	contrast	reorder	formulate	weigh
reproduce	convert	rephrase	integrate
state	deduce	represent	modify
	demonstrate	restate	originate
	describe	restructure	plan
	detect	summarize	produce
	determine	transfer	reorganize
	differentiate	transform	revise
	discriminate	translate	rewrite
	distinguish	use	specify
	draw		synthesize
	estimate		tell
	explain		transmit
	extrapolate	write
	generalize
	illustrate

*Adapted from:

Chamberlain, V. M. and Kelly, J. M. (1981). Creative Home Economics Instruction. New York: McGraw Hill Book Company.

Clegg, A. A. (1968). Teacher Strategies of Questioning for Eliciting Selected Cognitive Student Responses. (Research Report No. 1). Applied Research Training Program. University of Massachusetts.

Hall, K. S. (1983). Content Structuring and Question Asking for Computer-Based Instructional Objectives Classification Scheme. Educational Technology, 24(7), 21-26.

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