NESA Keywords

Account

• Account for – state reasons 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 or plain.

Classify

Arrange or include in classes/categories

Compare

Show how things are similar/different

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 and understanding, logic, questioning, reflection and quality to (analyse/evaluate).

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 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