EMS Action verbs for cognitive levels

ACTION VERBS
COGNITIVE LEVELS


REMEMBERING UNDERSTANDING APPLYING ANALYSING EVALUATING CREATING

Low Order Middle Order High Order
Remembering Interpreting Implementing Comparing Checking Designing
Listing Summarising Carrying out Organisning Hypothesising Constructing
Describing Describing Using Deconstruction Critiquing Planning
Identifying Inferring Executing Attributing Experimenting Inventing
Retrieving Paraphrasing Manipulating Outlining Judging Producing
Naming Classifying Exhibiting Finding Testing Devising
Locating Comparing Illustrating Structuring Detecting Composing
Finding Explaining Calculating Integrating Monitoring Assembling
Bullet pointing Exemplifying Interpreting Distinguishing Rating Organising
Highlighting Restating Questioning Validating Compiling
Recognising Identifying Examining Predicting Forecasting
Relating Discussing Probing Assessing Developing
Showing Retelling Separating Scoring Originating
Reproducing Translating Inquiring Revising Imagining
Quoting Giving examples of Arranging Determining Generating
Repeating Associating Sifting Prioritising
Telling why
Defending
Selecting

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