Plain English Meaning
Analysis is the stage where a learner stops just using information and starts taking it apart to see how the pieces fit together and why.
Full Definition
In the cognitive domain of learning, analysis is the level at which a student breaks information down into its component parts, examines how those parts relate to one another, and identifies the underlying structure, reasoning, or organization. It sits above knowledge, comprehension, and application, and below synthesis and evaluation.
Context Anchor
Seen in instructor training when describing higher levels of learning in the cognitive domain.
Derivation
From the Greek analusis, meaning 'a loosening' or 'breaking up.' The aviation-training meaning keeps that core idea: take the whole apart to see what it is made of and how the parts work together.