Are lots of your students freshman? Is this an “Introduction to…” course? If so, many of your learning objectives may target the lower order Bloom’s skills, because your students are building foundational knowledge. However, even in this situation we would strive to move a few of your objectives into the applying and analyzing level, but getting too far up in the taxonomy could create frustration and unachievable goals.
Are most of your students juniors and seniors? Graduate students? Do your students have a solid foundation in much of the terminology and processes you will be working with in your course? If so, then you should not have many remembering and understanding level objectives. You may need a few, for any radically new concepts specific to your course. However, these advanced students should be able to master higher-order learning objectives. Too many lower level objectives might cause boredom or apathy
Action Verbs
Knowledge
Bloom's Definition
Remember previously learned information
Verbs
Arrange
Define
Describe
Duplicate
Identify
Label
List
Match
Memorize
Name
Order
Outline
Recognize
Relate
Recall
Repeat
Reproduce
Select
Comprehension
Bloom's Definition
Demonstrate an understanding of the facts
Verbs
Classify
Convert
Defend
Describe
Discuss
Distinguish
Estimate
Explain
Express
Extend
Generalized
Give example(s)
Identify
Indicate
Infer
Locate
Paraphrase
Predict
ReWrite
Review
Select
Summarize
Translate
Application
Bloom's Definition
Apply knowledge to actual situations
Verbs
Apply
Change
Choose
Compute
Demonstrate
Discover
Dramatize
Employ
Illustrate
Interpret
Manipulate
Modify
Operate
Practice
Predict
Prepare
Produce
Relate
Show
Sketch
Solve
Use
Write
Analysis
Bloom's Definition
Break down objects or ideas into simpler parts and find evidence to support generalizations
Verbs
Analyze
Appraise
Breakdown
Calculate
Categorize
Compare
Contrast
Criticize
Diagram
Differentiate
Discriminate
Distinguish
Examine
Experiment
Identify
Illustrate
Infer
Model
Point Out
Question
Relate
Select
Separate
Subdivide
Test
Synthesis
Bloom's Definition
Compile component ideas into a new whole or propose alternative solutions
Verbs
Arrange
Assemble
Categorize
Collect
Combine
Comply
Compose
Construct
Create
Design
Develop
Devise
Explain
Formulate
Generate
Plan
Prepare
Rearrange
Relate
Reorganize
Revise
ReWrite
Set up
Summarize
Synthesize
Tell
Write
Evaluation
Bloom's Definition
Make and defend judgments based on internal evidence or external criteria