Just my notes from the HSC.
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Syllabus and all things HSC: http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au
GLOSSARY OF KEY HSC EXAMINATION AND ASSESSMENT WORDS
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Account |
Account for; state reasons for, report on. Give an account of: narrate a series of events or transactions. |
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Analyse |
Identify components and the relationship between them; draw out and relate implications |
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Apply |
Use, utilise, employ to a particular situation |
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Appreciate |
Make a judgment about the value of |
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Assess |
Make a judgment of value, quality, outcomes, results or size |
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Calculate |
Ascertain/determine from given facts, figures or information |
| Clarify | Make clear or plain |
| 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 or accuracy, depth, knowledge and understanding, logic, questioning reflection and quality to (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 |
| Evaluate | Make a judgment based on criteria; determine the value of |
| Examine | Inquire into |
| Explain | Relate cause and effect; make the relationships between things evident; provide 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, suggestion) for consideration or action |
| Recall | Present remembered ideas, facts or experiences |
| Recommend | Provide reasons in favour |
| Recount | Retell a series of events |
| Summarise | Express, concisely, the relevant details |
| Synthesise | Putting together various elements to make a whole |
