Cognitive Verbs Flashcards
Define analyse
break down or examine in order to identify the essential elements, features, components or structure.
determine the logic and reasonableness of information;
Define apply
use knowledge and understanding in response to a given situation or circumstance
carry out or use a procedure in a given or particular situation
Define apprasie
evaluate the worth, significance or status of something
judge or consider a text or piece of work
Define appreciate
recognise or make a judgment about the value or worth of something
understand fully
Define argue
give reasons for or against something
persuade, prove or try to prove by giving reasons
Define assess
measure, determine, evaluate, estimate or make a judgment about the value, quality, outcomes, results, size, significance, nature or extent of something
Define calculate
determine or find (e.g. a number, answer) by using mathematical processes
determine from given facts, figures or information
Define categorise
assign to a particular class or group
arrange by classes or categories
Define clarify
make a statement or situation less confused and more comprehensible
make clear
Define classify
arrange, distribute or order in classes or categories according to shared qualities or characteristics
Define comment
express an opinion, observation or reaction in speech or writing
give a judgment based on a given statement or result of a calculation
Define communicate
convey knowledge and/or understandings to others
make known
Define compare
display recognition of similarities and differences and recognise the significance of these similarities and differences
Define comprehend
understand the meaning or nature of; grasp mentally
Define conduct
direct in action or course
organise
carry out
Define consider
think deliberately or carefully about something
take something into account when making a judgment
Define construct
create or put together (e.g. an argument) by arranging ideas or items
Define contrast
display recognition of differences by deliberate juxtaposition of contrary elements
show how things are different or opposite
Define create
bring something into being or existence
Define critique
review (e.g. a theory, practice, performance) in a detailed, analytical and critical way
Define decide
reach a resolution as a result of consideration
make a choice from a number of alternatives
Define deduce
reach a conclusion that is necessarily true, provided a given set of assumptions is true
arrive at, reach or draw a logical conclusion from reasoning and the information given
Define ‘define’
give the meaning of a word, phrase, concept or physical quantity
state meaning and identify or describe qualities
Define demonstrate
prove or make clear by argument, reasoning or evidence, illustrating with practical example
show by example
Define derive
arrive at by reasoning
manipulate a mathematical relationship to give a new equation or relationship
Define describe
give an account (written or spoken) of a situation, event, pattern or process, or of the characteristics or features of something
Define design
produce a plan, simulation, model or similar; plan, form or conceive in the mind
Define determine
establish, conclude or ascertain after consideration, observation, investigation or calculation
decide or come to a resolution
Define develop
elaborate, expand or enlarge in detail
add detail and fullness to something
Define devise
think out
plan