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HSC Key Terms
Aboriginal Studies
Term | Definition |
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Account (for) | State reason for, report on. Give an account of: 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. |
Clarify | Make clear of 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 of accuracy depth, knowledge, understanding, logic, questioning, reflection and quality to. |
Deduce | Draw conclusions. |
Define | State meaning and identify essential qualities. |
Distinguish | Recognise or note/indicate as being distinct or different from; to note differences between. |
Evaluate | Make a judgement 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. |