Competence

Skills Demonstrated

Knowledge

• observation and recall of information
• knowledge of dates, events, places
• knowledge of major ideas
• mastery of subject matter
• Question Cues:
  list, define, tell, describe, identify, show, label, collect, examine, tabulate, quote, name, what, who, when, where, etc.
• Expected answer: verbatim repetition, paraphrase into the student's own words

Comprehension

• understanding information
• grasp meaning
• translate knowledge into new context
• interpret facts, compare, contrast
• order, group, infer causes
• predict consequences
• Question Cues:
  summarize, describe, interpret, contrast, predict, associate, distinguish, estimate, differentiate, discuss, relate, gather, extend, Compare the properties of objects or events, Classify the causes and effects of separate events into categories, Represent visually - verbally and with symbols the social political and economic characteristics of region XX, Order the settings of seven novels based the richness of the described scenes
• Expected answer: structure information so that it can be more deeply understood or presented more clearly

Application

• use information
• use methods, concepts, theories in new situations
• solve problems using required skills or knowledge
• Questions Cues:
  apply, demonstrate, calculate, complete, illustrate, show, solve, examine, modify, relate, change, classify, experiment, discover, dramatize, sketch; Apply your knowledge of swimming and weight lifting to imagine a new sports game, Apply your knowledge of spreadsheets - mathematics and the planets you have been studying to create a spreadsheet that calculates how much each person will weigh on each of the planets in our solar system, Demonstrate using these objects the orbit of a planet that orbits around two stars instead of one, Create your own pledge of allegiance to a cause or organization
• Expected answer: make real results

Analysis

• seeing patterns, relationships
• organization of parts
• recognition of hidden meanings
• identification of components
• Question Cues:
  analyze, separate, order, explain, connect, classify, breakdown, arrange, divide, compare, select, explain, identify, infer; What are the basic elements (ingredients) in a xxxxxxx, What is/are the functions of xxxxxxxx, Inventory the parts of xxxxxxx, Categorize the xxxxxxx of yyyyyyyy, Sort the xxxxxxx, What is the order of steps in xxxxxxx
• Expected answer: expand and breakdown in smaller knowledge chunks

Synthesis

• use old ideas to create new ones
• generalize from given facts
• relate knowledge from several areas
• predict, draw conclusions
• Question Cues:
  combine, integrate, modify, rearrange, substitute, plan, create, design, invent, what if?, compose, formulate, prepare, generalize, rewrite, how would you test, make up, propose an alternative, compose, how else would you, design, state a rule, theorize, develop, devise, originate, revise, extend, synthesize, conceive, generalize, propose, create, integrate, project, hypothesize; Using xxxxx, how many ways can you think of to yyyyy, Summarize in your own words the story of xxxxx, Make a plan to zzzzz, What might happen if  xxxxx, Can you make a  yyyyy, How can you improve or make xxxxx better, What ideas do you have for changing xxxxx
• Expected answer: increase density and decrease size

Evaluation

• compare and discriminate between ideas
• assess value of theories, presentations
• make choices based on reasoned argument
• verify value of evidence
• recognize subjectivity
• Question Cues:
  assess, decide, rank, grade, test, measure, recommend, convince, select, judge, explain, discriminate, support, conclude, compare, summarize
• Expected answer: make real results