Action Verbs Flashcards

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Describe?

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Communicate the characteristics and features of an event, an object, a procedure, a concept or a process

using written, oral or visual representation.

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Identify?

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Recognise and name particular elements of a whole or of a part;

select from a number of possibilities;

select relevant information or aspects of key ideas.

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Convert?

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Change from one form to another;

usually related to expressing quantities in alternative units of measure.

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Interpret?

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Construct conceptual meaning from information provided in a variety of forms.

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Design?

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Create a plan, object, model, system, simulation or set of procedures to suit a particular purpose.

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Explain?

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Make clear;

account for the reason for something, or the relationship between the cause and effect;

state why and/or how; provide reasons, mechanisms and outcomes;

incorporate quantitative data as appropriate.

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Investigate?

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Use theoretical and/or experimental methods

to explore and inquire into physical phenomena.

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Evaluate?

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Make reasoned judgements or decisions on a given or collected information, based on established criteria.

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Justify?

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Provide evidence and/or reasons in support

of a claim, conclusion, proposed solution or course of action.

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Compare?

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Identify and list the similarities and differences between 2 or more objects, situations, concepts or processes.

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Relate?

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Make a connection between 2 objects, situations, concepts or processes.

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Distinguish?

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Recognise and explain differences between 2 objects, situations, concepts or processes.

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Discuss?

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Provide a balanced review that includes a range of ideas, viewpoints and arguments.

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Calculate?

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Use mathematical formulas and modelling to solve quantitative problems.

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Conceptualise?

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Make sense of an abstract idea by constructing a useable mental or physical model.

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Apply?

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Use knowledge, ideas, formulas, principles, theories, laws, models and/or techniques

in a new situation or context;

propose a solution or a response to a problem or an issue.

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Model?

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Use a familiar and known concept or construct,

to facilitate the understanding of a new and more complex concept or construct.

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Analyse?

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Use qualitative and quantitative methods to identify and distinguish between the elements

and constituent parts of the whole, explain the relationships between them;

recognise patterns.