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Verb Choice

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The choice of verb will determine the quality of a Learning Outcome. Avoid using verbs that are passive, internal, or otherwise unobservable (Potter & Kustra, 2012), known as the “sinister sixteen”:

  • Understand
  • Appreciate
  • Comprehend
  • Grasp
  • Know
  • See
  • Accept
  • Have a knowledge of
  • Be aware of
  • Be conscious of
  • Learn
  • Perceive
  • Value
  • Get
  • Apprehend
  • Be familiar with

Bloom’s Taxonomy is often used as a resource to select suitable verbs. See the next section for more information.

Examples of more suitable verbs to use are indicated in the table below, adapted from table 5.1 from Anderson and Krathwohl (2001).

Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create
Recognize Interpret Convert Differentiate Check Generate
Recall Illustrate Implement Organize Critique Plan
Identify Classify Demonstrate Attribute Assess Produce
Define Summarize Discuss Select Argue Assemble
List Represent Employ Appraise Judge Prepare
Label Compare Relate Compare Convince Propose
Arrange Explain Experiment Distinguish Conclude Design
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