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HSC GLOSSARY OF KEY WORDS - BANDED


Syllabus outcomes, objectives, performance bands and examination questions have key words that state what students are expected to be able to do. Using this glossary of key words will greatly help students understand what is expected in standards referenced responses to examinations and assessment tasks. They have been categorised according to Bloom’s Taxonomy.

 

CATEGORY

KEY WORD

WHAT THE STUDENT IS EXPECTED TO DO


6. EVALUATION

Critically (evaluate)

Add a degree or level of accuracy, depth, knowledge and understanding, logic, questioning, reflection and quality to … (evaluate).

Demonstrate

Show by example.

Evaluate

Make a judgement based on criteria; determine the value of.

Justify

Support an argument or conclusion.

Summarise

Express, concisely, the relevant details.


5. SYNTHESIS

Calculate

Ascertain/determine from given facts, figures or information

Deduce

Draw conclusions.

Extrapolate

Infer from what is known.

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).

Recommend

Provide reasons in favour

Synthesise

Putting together various elements to make a whole.


4. ANALYSIS

Appreciate

Make a judgement about the value of.

Assess

Make a judgement of value, quality, outcomes, results or size.

Analyse

Identify components and the relationship between them; draw out and relate implications.

Critically (analyse)

Add a degree or level of accuracy, depth, knowledge and understanding, logic, questioning, reflection and quality to … (analyse).

Compare

Show how things are similar or different.

Contrast

Show how things are different or opposite.

Distinguish

Recognise or note/indicate as being distinct or different from; to note differences between.

Explain

Relate cause and effect; make the relationships between things evident; provide why and/or how.

Identify

Recognise and name.

Investigate

Plan, inquire into and draw conclusions about.


3. APPLICATION

Apply

Use, utilise, employ in a particular situation.

Clarify

Make clear or plain.

Classify

Arrange or include in classes/categories.

Construct

Make; build; put together items or arguments.

Discuss

Identify issues and provide points for and/or against.

Examine

Inquire into.

Extract

Choose relevant and/or appropriate details.


2. COMPREHENSION

Account

Account for: state reasons for, report on. Give an account of: narrate a series of events or transactions.

Interpret

Draw meaning from.

Outline

Sketch in general terms; indicate the main features of.

Recount

Retell a series of events.


1. KNOWLEDGE

Define

State meaning and identify essential qualities.

Describe

Provide characteristics and features.

Recall

Present remembered ideas, facts or experiences.