Document included in an Academic Success packet given to residents working with peer mentors focusing on metacognitive skills.

1. Bloom’s Taxonomy of Mental Tasks
Making judgments and supporting arguments; requires previous levels of
cognition as well as understanding of personal/professional criteria.
Key words: Evaluate, Judge, Critique, Justify, Recommend, Criticize, Assess,
Evaluation Disprove, Rate, Resolve, Refute, Discriminate, Appraise
Typical of Grad
School Level: Combining information to form a different and original product; requires
Meaningful previous levels of cognition as well as creativity and originality.
Learning Key words: Create, synthesize, New, Design, Hypothesize, Invent, Develop,
Synthesis Compose, Estimate, Theorize, Elaborate, Test, Improve, Invent, Devise
Originate/Original, Fuse, Amalgamation, Blend
Identifying structural components; determining arrangement, logic,
and semantics.
Analysis
Key words: Analyze, Categorize, Compare, Contrast, Separate, Dissect,
Deconstruct, Simplify, Theme(s), Motive(s), Inferences, Assumptions,
When you study, Examine, Investigate, (sometimes “Evaluate” is misused to mean Analyze)
Typical of
College Level
Using comprehension of knowledge to solve problems;
transferring to theoretical ideas or different contexts.
what level of mental activity Application Identifying connections and relationships and how they apply.
Key words: What if? Use, Compute, Solve, Demonstrate, Apply,
Construct, Build, Experiment with, Solve, Relate
Summarizing, paraphrasing, interpreting,
translating.
are you using? Comprehension Key words: Why, How, Explain, Summarize,
Paraphrase, Describe, Illustrate, Interpret, Classify,
Outline, Map, Rephrase, Infer, Understand
Typical of High
School Level:
Rote Learning Rote learning, memorizing information verbatim,
but not necessarily understanding the material.
Knowledge
Key words: What, Remember, List, Label, State,
Define, Choose, Find, Label, Select, Match, Recall,