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Knowledge: Recall data or Examples: Recite a policy. Quote prices from
information. memory to a customer. Knows the safety rules.
Key Words: defines, describes, identifies, knows,
labels, lists, matches, names, outlines, recalls,
recognizes, reproduces, selects, states.
Comprehension: Understand Examples: Rewrites the principles of test writing.
the meaning, translation, Explain in oneís own words the steps for
interpolation, and performing a complex task. Translates an equation
interpretation of instructions into a computer spreadsheet.
and problems. State a
problem in one's own words. Key Words: Comprehends, converts, defends,
distinguishes, estimates, explains, extends,
generalizes, gives Examples, infers, interprets,
paraphrases, predicts, rewrites, summarizes, and
translates.
Application: Use a concept Examples: Use a manual to calculate an
in a new situation or employeeís vacation time. Apply laws of statistics
unprompted use of an to evaluate the reliability of a written test.
abstraction. Applies what
was learned in the Key Words: applies, changes, computes,
classroom into novel constructs, demonstrates, discovers, manipulates,
situations in the work place. modifies, operates, predicts, prepares, produces,
relates, shows, solves, uses.
Analysis: Separates material Examples: Troubleshoot a piece of equipment by
or concepts into component using logical deduction. Recognize logical fallacies
parts so that its in reasoning. Gathers information from a
organizational structure may department and selects the required tasks for
be understood. training.
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Distinguishes between facts
Key Words: analyzes, breaks down, compares,
and inferences.
contrasts, diagrams, deconstructs, differentiates,
discriminates, distinguishes, identifies, illustrates,
infers, outlines, relates, selects, separates.
Synthesis: Builds a structure Examples: Write a company operations or process
or pattern from diverse manual. Design a machine to perform a specific
elements. Put parts together task. Integrates training from several sources to
to form a whole, with solve a problem. Revises and process to improve
emphasis on creating a new the outcome.
meaning or structure.
Key Words: categorizes, combines, compiles,
composes, creates, devises, designs, explains,
generates, modifies, organizes, plans, rearranges,
reconstructs, relates, reorganizes, revises, rewrites,
summarizes, tells, writes.
Evaluation: Make judgments Examples: Select the most effective solution. Hire
about the value of ideas or the most qualified candidate. Explain and justify a
materials. new budget.
Key Words: appraises, compares, concludes,
contrasts, criticizes, critiques, defends, describes,
discriminates, evaluates, explains, interprets,
justifies, relates, summarizes, supports.
This domain includes the manner in which we deal with things emotionally, such as
feelings, values, appreciation, enthusiasms, motivations, and attitudes. The five major
categories are listed from the simplest behavior to the most complex:
Category Ex am p le an d Ke y Wo r d s
Receiving Phenomena: Examples: Listen to others with respect. Listen for
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Awareness, willingness to and remember the name of newly introduced
hear, selected attention. people.
Key Words: asks, chooses, describes, follows,
gives, holds, identifies, locates, names, points to,
selects, sits, erects, replies, uses.
Responding to Examples: Participates in class discussions.
Phenomena: Active Gives a presentation. Questions new ideals,
participation on the part of concepts, models, etc. in order to fully understand
the learners. Attends and them. Know the safety rules and practices them.
reacts to a particular
Key Words: answers, assists, aids, complies,
phenomenon. Learning
conforms, discusses, greets, helps, labels,
outcomes may emphasize
performs, practices, presents, reads, recites,
compliance in responding,
reports, selects, tells, writes.
willingness to respond, or
satisfaction in responding
(motivation).
Valuing: The worth or value Examples: Demonstrates belief in the democratic
a person attaches to a process. Is sensitive towards individual and cultural
particular object, differences (value diversity). Shows the ability to
phenomenon, or solve problems. Proposes a plan to social
behavior. This ranges from improvement and follows through with commitment.
simple acceptance to the Informs management on matters that one feels
more complex state of strongly about.
commitment. Valuing is
Key Words: completes, demonstrates,
based on the internalization
differentiates, explains, follows, forms, initiates,
of a set of specified values,
invites, joins, justifies, proposes, reads, reports,
while clues to these values
selects, shares, studies, works.
are expressed in the
learnerís overt behavior and
are often identifiable.
Organization: Organizes Examples: Recognizes the need for balance
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values into priorities by between freedom and responsible
contrasting different values, behavior. Accepts responsibility for oneís behavior.
resolving conflicts between Explains the role of systematic planning in solving
them, and creating an problems. Accepts professional ethical
unique value system. The standards. Creates a life plan in harmony with
emphasis is on comparing, abilities, interests, and beliefs. Prioritizes time
relating, and synthesizing effectively to meet the needs of the organization,
values. family, and self.
Key Words: adheres, alters, arranges, combines,
compares, completes, defends, explains,
formulates, generalizes, identifies, integrates,
modifies, orders, organizes, prepares, relates,
synthesizes.
Internalizing values Examples: Shows selfreliance when working
(characterization): Has a independently. Cooperates in group
value system that controls activities (displays teamwork). Uses an objective
their behavior. The behavior approach in problem solving. Displays a
is pervasive, consistent, professional commitment to ethical practice on a
predictable, and most daily basis. Revises judgments and changes
importantly, characteristic of behavior in light of new evidence. Values people for
the learner. Instructional what they are, not how they look.
objectives are concerned
Key Words: acts, discriminates, displays,
with the student's general
influences, listens, modifies, performs, practices,
patterns of adjustment
proposes, qualifies, questions, revises, serves,
(personal, social, emotional).
solves, verifies.
The psychomotor domain includes physical movement, coordination, and use of the motor
skill areas. Development of these skills requires practice and is measured in terms of
speed, precision, distance, procedures, or techniques in execution. The seven major
categories are listed from the simplest behavior to the most complex:
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Category Ex am p le an d Ke y Wo r d s
Perception: The ability to Examples: Detects nonverbal communication
use sensory cues to guide cues. Estimate where a ball will land after it is
motor activity. This ranges thrown and then moving to the correct location to
from sensory stimulation, catch the ball. Adjusts heat of stove to correct
through cue selection, to temperature by smell and taste of food. Adjusts the
translation. height of the forks on a forklift by comparing where
the forks are in relation to the pallet.
Key Words: chooses, describes, detects,
differentiates, distinguishes, identifies, isolates,
relates, selects.
Set: Readiness to act. It Examples: Knows and acts upon a sequence of
includes mental, physical, steps in a manufacturing process. Recognize
and emotional sets. These oneís abilities and limitations. Shows desire to
three sets are dispositions learn a new process (motivation). NOTE: This
that predetermine a personís subdivision of Psychomotor is closely related with
response to different the "Responding to phenomena" subdivision of the
situations (sometimes called Affective domain.
mindsets).
Key Words: begins, displays, explains, moves,
proceeds, reacts, shows, states, volunteers.
Guided Response: The Examples: Performs a mathematical equation as
early stages in learning a demonstrated. Follows instructions to build a
complex skill that includes model. Responds handsignals of instructor while
imitation and trial and error. learning to operate a forklift.
Adequacy of performance is
Key Words: copies, traces, follows, react,
achieved by practicing.
reproduce, responds
Mechanism: This is the Examples: Use a personal computer. Repair a
intermediate stage in leaking faucet. Drive a car.
learning a complex
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skill. Learned responses
Key Words: assembles, calibrates, constructs,
have become habitual and
dismantles, displays, fastens, fixes, grinds, heats,
the movements can be
manipulates, measures, mends, mixes, organizes,
performed with some
sketches.
confidence and proficiency.
Complex Overt Response: Examples: Maneuvers a car into a tight parallel
The skillful performance of parking spot. Operates a computer quickly and
motor acts that involve accurately. Displays competence while playing the
complex movement piano.
patterns. Proficiency is
Key Words: assembles, builds, calibrates,
indicated by a quick,
accurate, and highly constructs, dismantles, displays, fastens, fixes,
coordinated performance, grinds, heats, manipulates, measures, mends,
requiring a minimum of mixes, organizes, sketches.
energy. This category
NOTE: The Key Words are the same as
includes performing without
Mechanism, but will have adverbs or adjectives that
hesitation, and automatic
indicate that the performance is quicker, better,
performance. For example,
more accurate, etc.
players are often utter
sounds of satisfaction or
expletives as soon as they
hit a tennis ball or throw a
football, because they can
tell by the feel of the act
what the result will produce.
Adaptation: Skills are well Examples: Responds effectively to unexpected
developed and the individual experiences. Modifies instruction to meet the
can modify movement needs of the learners. Perform a task with a
patterns to fit special machine that it was not originally intended to do
requirements. (machine is not damaged and there is no danger in
performing the new task).
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Key Words: adapts, alters, changes, rearranges,
reorganizes, revises, varies.
Origination: Creating new Examples: Constructs a new theory. Develops a
movement patterns to fit a new and comprehensive training programming.
particular situation or Creates a new gymnastic routine.
specific problem. Learning
Key Words: arranges, builds, combines,
outcomes emphasize
composes, constructs, creates, designs, initiate,
creativity based upon highly
makes, originates.
developed skills.