SKILL
Recognize and recall what you have learned without necessarily understanding it

KEY WORDS
recall, list, state, define, recognize, retrieve, identify

ACTIVITY

• Define vocabulary words
• Recall important historical dates
• Recognize appropriate equations

SKILL
Explain and demonstrate an understanding of the information you have acquired

KEY WORDS
summarize, restate, infer, paraphrase, classify, explain, compare, exemplify

ACTIVITY

• Summarize readings from your text book
• Restate the professor’s lecture in your own words
• Explain the relationship between warring nations

SKILL
Apply the concepts, ideas, and skills that you have learned in a new but similar situation

KEY WORDS
practice, apply, use, carry out

ACTIVITY

• Use mathematical skills and principles to solve word problems
• Use correct grammar skills in writing a paper

SKILL
Use critical thinking skills to examine the discrete components of a concept or item to gain an in-depth understanding of it

KEY WORDS
differentiate, deconstruct, analyze, discriminate, categorize, distinguish

ACTIVITY

• Make a flowchart to show the critical stages in a process
• Construct a graph to illustrate the information you have gathered from a student survey

SKILL
Check or critique knowledge, products , or processes

KEY WORDS
check, evaluate, critique, test, monitor, detect, judge, assess, appraise, ascertain

ACTIVITY

• Write an argumentation paper in which you take a position on an issue and defend it
• Participate in a debate on a controversial topic
• Propose a solution to a problem on campus

SKILL
Produce a process, idea, product, alternative, or hypothesis

KEY WORDS
create, generate, develop, devise, come up with, design, construct, produce, compose

ACTIVITY

• Produce a painting or sculpture
• Devise a marketing strategy to increase student participation in campus activities
• Develop an in-class presentation