The learning objectives written at Bloom’s level 2—comprehension—require the learners to be able to understand or grasp concepts. Further, learners need to restate what they have learned in their own words, translate knowledge into a new context, or interpret facts.
At Bloom’s level 2—comprehension—typical verbs used to start the learning objectives include: Outline, Explain, Compare, Contrast, and Restate.
The following example demonstrates how to write correctly learning objective at Bloom’s Level 2.
The characteristics of living things are:
Respiration: Living things take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide
Growth: Living things grow and both its size and weight increase
Response to stimuli: They are capable of action in response to events in the surroundings
Excretion: They eliminate waste products from the body
Reproduction: Living things create other living things like itself
Death: Living things die after a period of time
Restate the characteristics of living things.
In this example, the learning objective written for the content is specific and requires the learners to restate what they have learned in their own words.
The following non-example demonstrates how not to write a learning objective at Bloom’s Level 2.
The characteristics of living things are:
Respiration: Living things take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide
Growth: Living things grow and both its size and weight increase
Response to stimuli: They are capable of action in response to events in the surroundings
Excretion: They eliminate waste products from the body
Reproduction: Living things create other living things like itself
Death: Living things die after a period of time
Understand the characteristics of living things.
In this non-example, the learning objective written for the content is ambiguous and would be inefficient in conveying the level of performance expected from them.