Activities and Corresponding Bloom's Level
 
Knowledge
Comprehension
Creative Thinking
Application
 
Analysis
 
Synthesis
 
Evaluation
 
Question and answer sessions 

Workbooks or Worksheets 

Programmed  instruction Games and Puzzles 

Information Search 

Reading Assignments 

Drill and Practice 

Finding Definitions 

Memory games or Quizzes

Debate 

Dramatization 

Just Suppose 

Peer Teaching 

Morning Talk 
(Show/Tell) 

Small Group 

Projects 

Making Predictions or Estimates 

Giving Examples 

Paraphrasing 
 

Brainstorming 

Problem solving 

Just Suppose 

Open-ended questions 

Paradoxes 

Story completion or Picture Completion 

Idea Checklists 

Morphological Analysis 

Forced Associations or Forced Relationships 

Unusual Titles 

Using analogy (synectics) 

Catalog Techniques 

Seeing Possible Causes, Consequences, Implications

Simulation Activities 

Role playing and Role Reversal 

Producing Newspaper stories, ads, etc. 

Model building 

Interviewing 

Class or group presentation 

Conducting Experiments 

Making up Classifications 
 
 

Generating criteria for evaluation (brainstorming) 

Morphological Analysis/ Checkerboard techniques 

Attribute Listing 

Problem Identification 

Outlining Written material 

Making Deductions 

Comparing and Contrasting 
 
 

Procuring an original plan 

Defining the problem, Identifying goals and objectives 

Organizing and conducting an original product 

Showing how some idea or product might be changed 

Finding new combinations 
 
 

Making evaluations of peer projects and presentations 

Evaluating data, given criteria to apply 

Evaluating one's own products and ideas 
 
 
 

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