Board of Studies Key Terms
Account: State reasons for, or report on. To give an account of also means to narrate a series of events or transactions.
Analyse: Identify components and the relationship between them; draw out and relate implications.
Apply: Use, utilise, employ in a particular situation.
Appreciate: Make a judgement about the value of.
Assess: Make a judgement of value, quality, outcomes, results or size.
Calculate: Ascertain/determine from given facts, figures or information.
Classify: Arrange or include in classes/categories.
Compare: Show how things are similar or different.
Construct: Make; build; put together items or arguments.
Contrast: Show how things are different or opposite.
Critically (analyse/evaluate): Add a degree or level of accuracy, depth, knowledge and understanding, logic, questioning, reflection and quality to your analysis / evaluation.
Deduce: Draw conclusions.
Define: State meaning and identify essential qualities.
Demonstrate: Show by example.
Describe: Provide characteristics and features.
Discuss: Identify issues and provide points for and/or against.
Distinguish: Recognise or note/indicate as being distinct or different from; to note differences between things.
Evaluate: Make a judgement based on criteria; determine the value of.
Examine: Question or inquire into thoroughly.
Explain: Relate cause and effect; make the relationships between things evident; provide an explanation of why and/or how.
Extract: Choose relevant and/or appropriate details.
Extrapolate: Infer from what is known.
Identify: Recognise and name.
Interpret: Draw meaning from.
Investigate: Plan, inquire into and draw conclusions about.
Justify: Support an argument or conclusion.
Outline: Sketch in general terms; indicate the main features of.
Predict: Suggest what may happen based on available information.
Propose: Put forward (for example a point of view, idea, argument, or suggestion) for consideration or action.
Recall: Present remembered ideas, facts or experiences.
Recommend: Provide reasons in favour of.
Recount: Retell a series of events.
Summarise: Express, concisely, the relevant details.
Synthesise: Putting together various elements to make a whole.