Remember In Action
You exam asks you to list, define, or match key items exactly as you learned them. This is ____ level of Bloom's Taxonomy.
What is remember?
____ level of Bloom's Taxonomy asks you to explain a concept in your own words instead of copying the textbook.
What is understanding?
Your homework asks you to use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve a problem you've never seen before. It is asking you to _______ knowledge.
What is applying knowledge?
You compare two characters in a novel and explain how each one changes by the end to demonstrate this level of Bloom's taxonomy.
What is analysis (or comparing and contrasting)?
Words like list, explain, and compare signal this kind of thinking.
What is remember or recall?
You have a test on the U.S. States and their capital cities. This technology will help you memorize the material.
What is flashcards?
What is Quizlet?
What is Anki?
What is Brainscape?
Your professor asks, “Explain why the moon appears to change shape.” This kind of question checks whether you can do this, not just recite facts.
What is demonstrate understanding (or explain meaning)?
You know the quadratic formula by heart, but now you must use it to solve an equation you’ve never seen before. You’re practicing this key learning step.
What is transferring understanding to a new problem (or simply, application)?
You can solve a math problem using two methods and notice one is faster but both are correct.
What is analyzing processes or methods?
You spend hours reviewing, but none of your practice questions look like what’s on the exam. You forgot to do this key planning step.
What is matching your study methods to the exam format?
You just failed your U.S. States and capital city test, and you don't know why. You spend twelve hours looking at a U.S. Map. Next time you should...
What is making flashcards or self-quizzing?
What is varying study methods?
You read your notes and think, "Yeah, this makes sense," but later you can't explain it without looking. You confused these two ideas.
What is confusing familiarity with understanding?
At your internship, you use a model you learned in class to design advertising copy. What have you done?
Apply learning to the real world.
In a science lab, you identify which variables actually affect the results and which ones don’t. You’re demonstrating this analytical skill.
What is distinguishing cause and effect (or isolating variables)?
You realize you understand the material when you read it, but you blank when trying to use it on a problem set. The fix isn’t more review time — it’s this kind of practice that forces you to do something with what you’ve learned.
What is active practice (or applying your knowledge through problem-based learning)?
You can name every step in the scientific method, but when asked why they’re in that order, you get stuck. This shows the limit of this kind of learning.
What is memorization without understanding?
You have an exam approaching where you will need to explain concepts from class in your own words. You will use the following study technologies will you use?
What is Khan Academy?
What is Youtube/EDU channels?
What is Explain Everything?
You’re interning at a marketing firm and asked to use a communication model you learned in class to design a social-media post for a client. You’re demonstrating this type of learning.
What is applying theoretical knowledge in a real-world context?
A news article presents two conflicting explanations for the same event. You highlight bias, compare evidence, and decide which argument is stronger. That’s this type of critical thinking.
What is evaluating evidence through analysis?
You keep memorizing definitions but can’t see how the ideas connect across chapters.
What kind of technology could help you visualize relationships between concepts?
What is a mind-mapping or concept-mapping app like MindMeister or Coggle?
The study strategy that works better than rereading notes because it forces your brain to actively pull information out of memory.
What is retrieval practice?
A student explains a process using an analogy—“It’s like how traffic flows on a highway.” This strategy helps move information from memorization to comprehension.
What is using analogies to build understanding (or relational thinking)?
You learned one method for solving a problem, but when the situation changes — new constraints, new tools — you adjust and still reach a solution. You’ve reached this advanced form of application.
What is transfer of learning (or adaptive application)?
You learned one way to solve a problem, but when the situation changes, you adapt your method and still get the right answer. You accomplished this...
What is flexible application/transfer?
You’re feeling lost about how to study more effectively, so you visit this campus office that helps students improve academic skills, time management, and learning strategies.
What is the Center for Student Success?