Simplify your teaching now, using Bloom’s Taxonomy Question Stems

 Can you illustrate …?

 Condense this paragraph.
Remembering
 Contrast …
 Can you name all the …?
 Does everyone think in the way that …
 Describe what happens when …?
does?
 How is (are) …?
 Elaborate on …
 How would you define …?
 Explain why …
 How would you identify …?
 Give an example
 How would you outline …?
 How can you describe?
 How would you recognize…?
 How would you clarify the meaning?
 List the … in order.
 How would you compare …?
 What do you remember about …?
 How would you differentiate between …?
 What does it mean?
 How would you describe…?
 What happened after?
 How would you generalize…?
 What is (are) …?
 How would you identify …?
 What is the best one?
 Is it valid that …?
 What would you choose …?
 Is this the same as …?
 When did …?
 Outline …
 Where is (are) …?
 Select the best definition
 Which one …?
 State in your own words
 Who spoke to …?
 This represents …
 Who was …?
 What are they saying?
 Why did …?
 What can you infer from …?
 What can you say about …?
 What could have happened next?
 What did you observe?
 What does this mean?
 What expectations are there?
 What information can you infer from…?
 What is the main idea of …?
 What restrictions would you add?
 What seems likely?
 What seems to be …?
 What would happen if …?
 Which are the facts?
 Which statements support …?

Applying
 Can you group by characteristics such as
…?
 Choose the best statements that apply
Understanding  Clarify why …
 Can you clarify…?
  Do you know of another instance where  Discuss the pros and cons of …
…?  How can you classify … according to …?
 Draw a story map  How can you compare the different parts?
 Explain why a character acted in the way  How can you sort the different parts…?
that he did  How is … connected to …?
 From the information given, can you  How is … similar to …?
develop a set of instructions about …?  How would you categorize…?
 How could you develop …?  How would you explain?
 How would you change …?  If … happened, what might the ending
have been?
 How would you demonstrate…?
 State the point of view of …
 How would you develop … to present ?
 What are some of the problems of …?
 How would you explain …?  What assumptions …?
 How would you modify …?  What can you infer about…?
 How would you present…?  What can you point out about ?
 How would you solve … ?  What conclusions …?
 Identify the results of …  What do you see as other possible
 Illustrate the … outcomes?
 Judge the effects of … What would result  What does the author assume?
…?  What explanation do you have for …?
 Predict what would happen if …  What ideas justify the conclusion?
 Tell how much change there would be if …  What ideas validate…?
 Tell what would happen if …  What is the analysis of …?
 What actions would you take to perform  What is the function of …?
…?  What is the problem with …?
 What do you think could have happened  What motive is there?
next?  What persuasive technique is used?
 What examples can you find that ?  What statement is relevant?
 What other way would you choose to …?  What was the turning point?
 What were some of the motives behind …?
 What questions would you ask of …?
 What’s fact? Opinion?
 What was the main idea …?
 What’s the main idea?
 What would the result be if …?  What’s the relationship between?
 Which factors would you change if …?  Which events could not have happened?
 Who do you think…?  Why did … changes occur?
 Why does this work?  Why do you think ?
 Write a brief outline …
 Write in your own words …

EVALUATING
Can you defend your position about …?
 Determine the value of …
 Do you believe …?
ANALYZING  Do you think … is a good or bad thing?
 Can you distinguish between …?  Find the errors
 Can you explain what must have happened  How could you verify …?
when …?  How effective are …?
 Determine the point of view, bias, values,
 How would you determine the facts …?
or intent underlying the presented material
 How would you feel if …?
  How would you grade …?  How many ways can you…?
 How would you have handled…?  How would you compile the facts for …?
 Is there a better solution to…?  How would you elaborate on the reason
 Judge the value of … …?
 Rank the importance of …  How would you generate a plan to …?
 Rate the …  How would you improve …?
 What are the alternatives?  How would you portray …?
 What are the consequences of…?  How would you test …?
 What are the possible outcomes for…?  If you had access to all resources, how
 What are the pros and cons of…? would you deal with …?
 What changes to … would you  List the ways you can…?
recommend?  Predict the outcome if …
 What choice would you have made …?  Propose an alternative. How else would
 What criteria would you use to assess…? you …?
 What data was used to evaluate …?  What changes would you make to revise
 What do you think about …? …?
 What fallacies, consistencies,  What could you invent …?
inconsistencies appear?  What facts can you gather …?
 What influence will … have on our lives?  What would happen if…?
 What information would you use to  Why don’t you devise your own way to
prioritize? …?
 What is the most important …?
 What is your opinion of …?
 What sources could you use to verify…?
 What would you suggest?
 Which is more important, moral, better,
logical, valid, appropriate?
 Who will gain and who will lose?
 Why is … of value?

Creating
 Can you brainstorm a better solution
for…?
 Can you create new and unusual uses for
…?
 Can you design a … to …?
 Can you develop a proposal which
would…?
 Can you see a possible solution to …?
 Devise a way to …