KNOWLEDGE - Information gathering

Overview

Student remembers or recognises information, ideas and principles in the approximate form in which they were learned.

Skills demonstrated

• observation and recall of information

• knowledge of dates, events, places

• knowledge of major ideas

• mastery of subject matter.

Associated vocabulary = collect, define, describe, examine, identify, know, label, list, memorise, name, quote, recall, recite, remember, repeat, tabulate, tell, what, when, where, who.

COMPREHENSION - Understanding

Overview

Student demonstrates understanding of concepts and principles.

Skills demonstrated

• understanding information

• grasping meaning

• translating knowledge into new context

• interpreting facts, comparing, contrasting

• ordering, grouping, inferring causes

• predicting consequences.

Associated vocabulary = associate, compare, contrast, describe, differentiate, discuss, distinguish, estimate, explain, extend, give examples, how, illustrate, interpret, paraphrase, predict, show, summarise, understand.

APPLICATION - Making use of knowledge

Overview

Student selects, transfers and uses knowledge (skills) and principles learned in one context to complete a problem or task in another.

Skills demonstrated

• using information

• using methods, concepts, theories in new situations

• solving problems using acquired skills or knowledge.

Associated vocabulary = apply, calculate, change, classify, complete, compute, construct, demonstrate, discover, examine, experiment, illustrate, modify, relate, show, solve, use.

ANALYSIS - Understanding structure

Overview

Student understands structure, purpose and relationships between the elements of a statement, question or hypothesis. 

Skills demonstrated

• seeing patterns

• organization of parts

• recognition of hidden meanings

• identification of components.

Associated vocabulary = analyse, arrange, categorise, classify, compare, connect, contrast, divide, explain, infer, investigate, order, select, separate, solve, why.

EVALUATION - Judging the outcome

Overview

Student appraises, assesses, or critiques against specific standards and criteria and supports that judgement.

Skills demonstrated

• comparing and discriminating between ideas

• assessing value of theories, presentations

• making choices based on reasoned argument

• verifying value of evidence

• recognizing subjectivity.

Associated vocabulary = argue, assess, compare, conclude, convince, criticise, critique, decide, discriminate, evaluate, explain, express opinion, grade, judge, justify, measure, predict, rank, recommend, select, summarise, support, test.

SYNTHESIS - Creating new combinations

Overview

Student originates, integrates, and combines ideas into a product, plan or proposal that is new to him or her.

Skills demonstrated

• using old ideas to create new ones

• generalizing from given facts

• relating knowledge from several areas

• predicting

• drawing conclusions.

Associated vocabulary = combine, compose, construct, create, design, develop, forecast, formulate, generalise, hypothesise, imagine, innovate, integrate, interpret, invent, modify, plan, prepare, rearrange, rewrite, substitute, what if?