126 Digital Learning Verbs Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy (2025 Update)

Recall, retrieve, or recognize facts and definitions.

• Recall: List key terms for a unit glossary.
• Locate: Find a primary-source quote supporting a claim.
• Bookmark: Save credible sources to a shared collection.
• Tag: Apply accurate keywords to organize resources.
• Retrieve: Use spaced-repetition/flashcards to review formulas.
• Prompt (recall): Ask an AI to restate definitions from class notes, then verify with sources.

Explain, summarize, interpret, and compare ideas.

• Summarize: Write a concise abstract of a podcast episode.
• Paraphrase: Reword a dense paragraph to clarify meaning.
• Annotate: Add notes that explain theme and evidence in a shared doc.
• Compare: Build a side-by-side chart of two policies.
• Explain: Record a short screencast explaining a process.
• Prompt (explain): Ask an AI to explain a concept at two grade levels; cite-check claims.

Use knowledge to perform tasks, solve problems, or produce artifacts.

• Demonstrate: Record a worked example solving a quadratic.
• Execute: Run a simulation and report outcomes.
• Prototype: Build a low-fidelity model in Slides or Canva.
• Code: Write a short script to transform or validate data.
• Apply rubric: Score a sample product using criteria.
• Refine prompt: Iteratively adjust an AI prompt to meet constraints (audience, length, citations).

Break concepts apart, identify patterns and relationships, examine structure.

• Analyze: Compare two editorials for bias using an evidence checklist.
• Organize: Create a timeline that separates causes and effects.
• Classify: Sort claims, evidence, and reasoning into categories.
• Visualize: Build charts that reveal trends in a dataset.
• Trace sources: Verify quotes and attributions back to originals.
• Compare models: Evaluate two AI outputs on accuracy and transparency.

Judge quality, justify decisions, and defend positions using criteria.

• Critique: Provide evidence-based feedback on a peer draft.
• Validate: Fact-check statistics and cite authoritative sources.
• Moderate: Facilitate a class discussion for relevance and respect.
• A/B evaluate: Test two solutions and justify the stronger choice.
• Red-team: Stress-test an AI-generated plan for risks and inaccuracies.
• Reflect: Write a process note justifying strategic choices with criteria.

Synthesize ideas to produce original, purposeful work.

• Design: Plan a product with audience, purpose, and constraints.
• Compose: Produce a podcast/video explaining a real-world issue.
• Remix ethically: Transform public-domain/CC media with attribution.
• Prototype (hi-fi): Build a polished artifact and user-test it.
• Chain (AI): Orchestrate multi-step AI tasks (outline → draft → cite-check → revision) with human oversight.
• Automate: Use simple scripts/AI agents to streamline a workflow; document limitations.