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The stimuli consisted of one list of 40 concrete nouns related to manipulable tools/objects, and a corresponding list of 40 concrete verbs related to tool/object manipulation.
(See The Innovative Instructor post: A Guide to Bloom's Taxonomy) Using concrete verbs will help keep your objectives clear and concise.
Using general verbs or action words such as "understand" - use concrete verbs such as "demonstrate", "discuss", "participate" (refer to chapter 10 in Bastable for a list of verbs for each of the three domains).
A year into the second world war, she wrote this defiant sentence in her diary: "Thinking is my fighting". Even if that doesn't have what style guides tend to like – a concrete subject and a strong verb – it has a low rumble of energy running through it.
We define design broadly as both a verb and a noun, an active verb that emphasizes cross-disciplinary, synthesizing process and a concrete noun that promotes aspirational, provocative well-researched and plausible solutions.
Consider a concrete example.
A concrete base is $240.
A concrete housing block?
Not a concrete sidewalk?
Pour a concrete floor.
A concrete square pot.
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