The place where learning objectives often fall short is the verb, the action that students will do to demonstrate their learning. Many faculty members start their verb search with "Bloom's Taxonomy".

When crafting learning objective statements, programs should avoid vague language, such as "understand" or "appreciate," because these verbs are difficult to measure. Programs should instead focuses ...

in addition to the knowledge dimension. Bloom’s Taxonomy Circle for Writing Measureable Objectives and Creating Appropriate Assessment (Eastern Illinois University) Interactive wheel illustrating ...

Revise your objective to make it clearer and more measurable. Use action verbs like “analyze,” “design,” or “classify.” Learning objectives define what students should be able to do, know, or ...

There are many lists of appropriate verbs available, mostly based on Benjamin Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Objectives (1956) which identified 6 levels of the 'cognitive domain', each subsuming the ...