Performance Verbs
based on the Six Facets of Understanding

Consider the following performance verbs when planning possible ways in which students may demonstrate their understanding.

Explain

Demonstrate
Derive
Describe
Design
Exhibit
Express
Induce
Instruct
Justify
Model
Predict
Prove
Show
Synthesize
Teach

Interpret

Analogies, Create
Critique
Document
Evaluate
Illustrate
Judge
Make sense of
Make meaning of
Metaphors, Provide
Read between the lines
Represent
Tell a story of
Translate

Apply

Adapt
Build
Create
Decide
De-bug
Design
Exhibit
Invent
Perform
Produce
Propose
Solve
Test
Use


Perspective

Analyze
Argue
Compare
Contrast
Criticize
Infer


Empathy

Assume, Role of
Be like
Be open to
Believe
Consider
Imagine
Relate
Role-play

Self-knowledge

Be aware of
Realize
Recognize
Reflect
Self-assess

c.2001 Grant Wiggins & Jay McTighe