Bloom's Taxonomy

In 1956, Benjamin Bloom headed a group of educational psychologists who developed a classification of levels of intellectual behavior important in learning. During the 1990's a new group of cognitive psychologists, lead by Lorin Anderson (a former student of Bloom), updated the taxonomy to reflect relevance to 21st century work

Remembering-Retrieving, recalling, or recognizing past knowledge from memory(recall information). 

Understanding-Explain ideas or concepts.

Applying-Using information in another familiar situation

Analyzing- Braking information into parts to explore understandings and relationships

Evaluating-Justifying a decision or cause of action

Creating- Generating new ideas,products or ways of viewing things