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These questions and verbs are arranged so that the most challenging are at the bottom, the least difficult are at the top. It is good to press the child's comfort envelope, but not to the breaking point. This is a simple digest of a theory. A Theory is just that, a model to build from. It is the tutor who decides how to apply the theory.
| Level / Meaning | Operant verbs | Examples of products or related activities. |
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KnowledgeRemembering |
Remember, Show, Tell Me, List, Match, Describe, Name, Repeat, Locate | Count by 5's to 100 Repeat the pledge of allegiance. Tell how the story of The Three Bears ends. Name the letters of the alphabet. |
ComprehensionUnderstanding |
Show, Find, Change, Tell What It Is About, Describe, Give Examples | What does the picture tell us? Describe the story of the Three Little Pigs. Tell about the most interesting or exciting part of a book you like. Tell me what you think responsibility means. |
ApplicationUsing what you know in a new situation. |
Use, Dress Up, Solve, Collect, Act Out, Put In Order, Paint. | Draw a picture of the way to get to school from your house. Collect pictures of sea animals for a scrapbook. Make a clay model of a dinosaur. Act out your favorite scene in the story. Put these things in order. |
AnalysisTake it apart |
What Ways, Examine, Arrange, Pretend, Categorize | Compare a banana with an apple. Tell the steps needed to ride a bicycle. In what ways were all animals the same? Take away one of the carpenter's tools, which one could best be done without. |
SynthesisPutting something together in a new way |
Improve, Make Up, Image, Pretend, What If, Suppose, Create Invent. | Pretend you lived when the dinosaurs lived. Tell about your life. Make up a poem or story and record it on a tape recorder. Create a new plane for a bedroom you would like to have. Invent a new/better way to do something. |
EvaluationJudging the value of information |
Decide, Choose, Tell Why, Prove. | Would you have acted the same way goldilocks did? why? Choose your favorite way to walk to school. why is it the best? Decide which you like best vegetables or fruit. Why? Tell what you like about your picture. |