Senior Phase Glossary

Senior phase glossary 2018 v1.
The purpose of this resource is to support schools’ planning for 2018 Year 10 students to
transition into the new QCE system in 2019. This resource will be updated in 2019.
This resource presents the current definitions for key terms used in:
 the Australian Curriculum learning area subject standard elaborations
 QCAA General senior syllabuses
 QCAA Applied senior syllabuses.
Australian Curriculum QCAA General senior QCAA Applied senior

Term
standard elaborations syllabuses syllabuses
consistent with a the condition or quality of precise and exact;

standard, rule, being true, correct or consistent
accuracy convention or known fact exact; freedom from error with a standard, rule,
or defect; precision or convention or known facts
exactness; correctness;
precise and exact; precise and exact; to the precise and exact;
consistent with a point; consistent with or consistent with a
standard, rule, exactly conforming to a standard, rule, convention
convention or known truth, standard, rule, or known facts; to the
accurate facts; correct in all details model, convention or point
known facts; free from
error or defect;
meticulous; correct in all
details
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consider in detail for the dissect to ascertain and dissect to ascertain and
purpose of finding examine constituent parts examine constituent parts
meaning or relationships, and/or their relationships; and/or their relationships;
and identifying patterns, break down or examine in consider in detail for the
similarities and order to identify the purpose of finding
differences essential elements, meaning or relationships,
features, components or and identifying patterns,
structure; determine the similarities and
logic and reasonableness differences
of information;
analyse
consider in detail for the
examine or consider purpose of finding
something in order to meaning or relationships,
explain and interpret it, for and identifying patterns,
the purpose of finding similarities and
meaning or relationships differences, e.g.
and identifying patterns, distinguishing between
similarities and relevant and irrelevant
differences data when graphing
results
use or employ in a use knowledge and use or employ in a

particular situation understanding in particular situation; carry
response to a given out or use a procedure in
apply situation or circumstance; a given situation
carry out or use a
procedure in a given or
particular situation
evaluate the worth, assess the worth, value,

significance or status of or quality of
appraise something; judge or
consider a text or piece of
work
recognise or make a recognise the full worth

judgment about the value of; understand (a
appreciate or worth of something; situation) fully; grasp the
understand fully; grasp full implications of
the full implications of
fitting, suitable to the acceptable; suitable or fitting, suitable to the

context fitting for a particular context
appropriate
purpose, circumstance,
context, etc.
give reasons for or give reasons for or

against something; against something;
challenge or debate an challenge or debate an
argue
issue or idea; persuade, issue or idea; persuade,
prove or try to prove by prove or try to prove by
giving reasons giving reasons
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features feature of something; a whole

aspect
facet, phase or part of a
whole
Term
measure, determine, measure, determine, measure, determine,

evaluate, estimate or evaluate, estimate or evaluate, estimate or
make a judgment about make a judgment about make a judgment about
assess the value, quality, the value, quality, the value, quality,
outcomes, results, size, outcomes, results, size, outcomes, results, size,
significance, nature or significance, nature or significance, nature or
extent of something extent of something extent of something
having the sanction or able to be trusted as able to be trusted as

weight of authority, being accurate or true; being accurate or true;
authoritative expert, commanding reliable; commanding and reliable; commanding and
self-confident; likely to be self-confident; likely to be
respected and obeyed respected and obeyed
fundamental; simple, fundamental underdeveloped, simple

basic
elementary and straightforward
determine or find (e.g. a obtain a numerical

number, answer) by using answer showing the
mathematical processes; relevant stages in the
obtain a numerical working;
answer showing the ascertain/determine from
calculate relevant stages in the given facts, figures or
working; information
ascertain/determine from
given facts, figures or
information
place in or assign to a place in or assign to a

particular class or group; particular class or group;
arrange or order by arrange or order by
categorise
classes or categories; classes or categories;
classify, sort out, sort, classify, sort out, sort,
separate separate
make clear or intelligible; make clear or intelligible;

explain; make a explain; make a
clarify statement or situation less statement or situation less
confused and more confused and more
comprehensible comprehensible
easy to perceive, clearness of thought or fully intelligible; free from

understand, or interpret, expression; the quality of obscurity of sense;
without ambiguity; explicit being coherent and without ambiguity; explicit
clarity; clear; intelligible; free from
clearly obscurity of sense;
without ambiguity; explicit;
easy to perceive,
understand or interpret
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arrange, distribute or arrange, distribute or
order in classes or order in classes or
classify categories according to categories according to
shared qualities or shared qualities or
characteristics characteristics
Term
rational; well-structured having a natural or due orderly, logical, and

and makes sense agreement of parts; internally consistent
connected; consistent; relation of parts; rational
logical, orderly; well- with parts that are
structured and makes harmonious, well-
coherent
sense; rational, with parts structured and that make
that are harmonious; sense
having an internally
consistent relation of
parts
express an opinion, express an opinion,

observation or reaction in observation or reaction in
speech or writing; give a speech or writing; give a
comment
judgment based on a judgment based on a
given statement or result given statement or result
of a calculation of a calculation
conveying information or convey knowledge and/or convey information about,

communicate;
ideas to others through understandings to others; clearly reveal or make
communicating
appropriate make known; transmit known
;
representations, text
communication
types and modes
estimate, measure or display recognition of display recognition of

note how things are similarities and similarities and
similar or dissimilar differences and recognise differences and recognise
compare
the significance of these the significance of these
similarities and similarities and
differences differences
choose and apply composed or consisting of composed or consisting of

procedures in a situation many different and many different and
involving a number of interconnected parts or interconnected parts or
elements, components or factors; compound; factors; compound;
steps in a context that composite; characterised composite; characterised
complex has been a focus of prior by an involved by an involved
learning combination of parts; combination of parts;
complicated; intricate; a complicated; intricate; a
complex whole or system; complex whole or system;
a complicated assembly a complicated assembly
of particulars of particulars
understand the meaning understand the meaning

comprehend or nature of; grasp or nature of; grasp
mentally mentally
detailed and thorough, inclusive; of large content detailed and thorough,

including all that is or scope; including or including all that is
relevant dealing with all or nearly relevant; inclusive of a
all elements or aspects of broad coverage of facts,
comprehensive
something; wide-ranging; ideas and information
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Term
brief and to the point; expressing much in few brief and to the point;
without repetition of words; giving a lot of without repetition of
information, loss of clarity information clearly and in information, loss of clarity
or loss of argument, logic a few words; brief, or logic of argument or
concise
or solution comprehensive and to the solution
point; succinct, clear,
without repetition of
information
in a way that is brief but in a way that is brief but

comprehensive; comprehensive;
concisely expressing much in few expressing much in few
words; clearly and words; clearly and
succinctly succinctly
direct in action or course; direct in action or course;

conduct manage; organise; carry manage; organise; carry
out out
thought about think deliberately or formed after careful and

deliberately with a carefully about deliberate thought;
purpose something, typically thought about deliberately
before making a decision; with a purpose
consider
take something into
account when making a
judgment; view attentively
or scrutinise; reflect on
fairly large or great; fairly large or great;

considerable thought about deliberately thought about deliberately
and with a purpose and with a purpose
think carefully about formed after careful and formed after careful and
considered (something), typically deliberate thought deliberate thought
before making a decision
regular in occurrence; in agreeing or accordant; agreeing or accordant;

agreement and not self- compatible; not self- compatible; not self-
contradictory opposed or self- opposed or self-
contradictory, constantly contradictory; constantly
adhering to the same adhering to the same
principles; acting in the principles
same way over time,
consistent; especially so as to be fair
consistently or accurate; unchanging
in nature, standard, or
effect over time; not
containing any logical
contradictions (of an
argument); constant in
achievement or effect
over a period of time
create or put together create or put together

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(e.g. an argument) by (e.g. an argument) by
arranging ideas or items; arranging ideas or items;
construct
display information in a display information in a
diagrammatic or logical diagrammatic or logical
form; make; build form; make; build
Term
display recognition of display recognition of

differences by deliberate differences by deliberate
juxtaposition of contrary juxtaposition of contrary
elements; show how elements; show how
things are different or things are different or
contrast opposite; give an account opposite; give an account
of the differences of the differences
between two or more between two or more
items or situations, items or situations,
referring to both or all of referring to both or all of
them throughout them throughout
putting elements together bring something into put elements together to

to form a coherent or being or existence; form a coherent or
functional whole; produce or evolve from functional whole;
reorganising elements one's own thought or reorganise elements into
into a new pattern or imagination; reorganise or a new pattern or structure
structure through put elements together into
create generating, planning, or a new pattern or structure
producing; creating or to form a coherent or
requires users to put functional whole
parts together in a new
way or synthesise parts
into a new or different
form or product
containing or involving involving skilful judgment involving skilful judgment

discussion and opinions as to truth, merit, etc.; as to truth, merit, etc.;
that analyse or make involving the objective involving the objective
judgments, especially in analysis and evaluation of analysis and evaluation of
a detailed way an issue in order to form a an issue in order to form a
judgment; expressing or judgment; expressing or
involving an analysis of involving an analysis of
critical the merits and faults of a the merits and faults of a
work of literature, music, work of literature, music,
or art; incorporating a or art; incorporating a
detailed and scholarly detailed and scholarly
analysis and commentary analysis and commentary
(of a text); rationally (of a text); rationally
appraising for logical appraising for logical
consistency and merit consistency and merit
a careful judgment in review (e.g. a theory, evaluate, comment upon

which opinions are given practice, performance) in and assess something in
about the positive and a detailed, analytical and a detailed and analytical
negative aspects of critical way way
something; considers
critique good as well as bad
performances, the
individual parts,
relationships of the
individual parts and the
overall performance
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reach a resolution as a a choice or determination

result of consideration; formed following the
decide
make a choice from a consideration of
number of alternatives alternatives
reach a conclusion that is reach a conclusion that is

necessarily true, provided necessarily true, provided
a given set of a given set of
assumptions is true; assumptions is true;
deduce
arrive at, reach or draw a arrive at, reach or draw a
logical conclusion from logical conclusion from
reasoning and the reasoning and the
information given information given
give the meaning of a give the meaning of a

word, phrase, concept or word, phrase, concept or
define physical quantity; state physical quantity; state
meaning and identify or meaning and identify or
describe qualities describe qualities
to give a practical prove or make clear by to point out, indicate; to

exhibition or explanation argument, reasoning or exhibit, set forth; to clearly
evidence, illustrating with and deliberately show
demonstrate
practical example; show
by example; give a
practical exhibition
arrive at by reasoning; arrive at by reasoning;

manipulate a manipulate a
mathematical relationship mathematical relationship
to give a new equation or to give a new equation or
derive relationship; relationship; in
in mathematics, obtain Mathematics, obtain the
the derivative of a derivative of a function
function
give an account of give an account (written give an account of

characteristics or or spoken) of a situation, characteristics or
describe features event, pattern or process, features; outline, state,
or of the characteristics or provide details
features of something
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to plan and evaluate the produce a plan, produce a plan,

construction of a product simulation, model or simulation, model or
or process similar; plan, form or similar; plan, form or
conceive in the mind; conceive in the mind
in English, select,
organise and use
particular elements in the
process of text
design construction for particular
purposes; these elements
may be linguistic (words),
visual (images), audio
(sounds), gestural (body
language), spatial
(arrangement on the page
or screen) and multimodal
(a combination of more
than one)
meticulous; including executed with great executed with great

many of the parts attention to the fine attention to detail
detailed points; meticulous;
including many of the
parts or facts
establish, conclude or establish, conclude or

ascertain after ascertain after
consideration, consideration,
determine
observation, investigation observation, investigation
or calculation; decide or or calculation; decide or
come to a resolution come to a resolution
elaborate or expand in elaborate, expand or elaborate, expand or

detail; create or construct enlarge in detail; add enlarge in detail; add
develop detail and fullness to; detail and fullness to;
cause to become more cause to become more
complex or intricate complex or intricate
think out; plan; contrive; think out; plan; contrive;

devise
invent invent
identify the difference/s in establish a difference

or between two or more between two things or
things; distinguish, among several things
differentiate discriminate; recognise or
ascertain what makes
something distinct from
similar things;
showing good judgment discriminating; showing intellectual perception;

to make thoughtful intellectual perception; showing good judgment
choices showing good judgment; to make thoughtful and
discerning
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note, observe or perceptive and judicious;

recognise a difference; making judgments about
make or constitute a quality
discriminate
distinction in or between;
differentiate; note or
distinguish as different
differentiating; distinctive; perceptive and judicious;

perceiving differences or making judgments about
distinctions with nicety; quality
possessing
discriminating discrimination; perceptive
and judicious; making
judgments about quality;
having or showing refined
taste or good judgment
to talk or write about a examine by argument; sift examine by argument; sift

topic, taking into account the considerations for and the considerations for and
different issues or ideas against; debate; talk or against; debate; talk or
write about a topic, write about a topic,
including a range of including a range of
arguments, factors or arguments, factors or
discuss hypotheses; consider, hypotheses; consider,
taking into account taking into account
different issues and ideas, different issues and ideas,
points for and/or against, points for and/or against,
and supporting opinions and supporting opinions
or conclusions with or conclusions with
evidence evidence
recognise point/s of recognise as distinct or recognise as distinct or

difference different; note points of different; note points of
difference between; difference between;
distinguish discriminate; discern; discriminate; discern;
make clear a difference/s make clear a difference/s
between two or more between two or more
concepts or items concepts or items
support (e.g. an assertion, support (e.g. an assertion,

claim, statement) with claim, statement) with
document evidence (e.g. decisive evidence (e.g. decisive
information, written information, written
references, citations) references, citations)
make a judgment based make a judgment based

draw
on reasoning and on reasoning and
conclusions
evidence evidence
meeting the assigned successful in producing meeting the assigned

purpose in a considered the intended, desired or purpose
effective and/or efficient manner to expected result; meeting
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produce a desired or the assigned purpose
intended result
Term
a component or a component or
constituent part of a constituent part of a
complex whole; a complex whole; a
element
fundamental, essential or fundamental, essential or
irreducible part of a irreducible part of a
composite entity composite entity
examine and judge the make an appraisal by provide a detailed

merit or significance of weighing up or assessing examination and
something strengths, implications substantiated judgment
and limitations; make concerning the merit,
judgments about ideas, significance or value of
works, solutions or something; examine and
evaluate
methods in relation to judge the merit or
selected criteria; examine significance of something
and determine the merit,
value or significance of
something, based on
criteria
to determine the nature investigate, inspect or investigate by inspection;

or condition of something scrutinise; inquire or inquire or search into;
search into; consider or consider or discuss
discuss an argument or critically
examine
concept in a way that
uncovers the assumptions
and interrelationships of
the issue
to try or test to suit a try out or test new ideas try out or test new ideas
purpose or methods, especially in or methods, especially in
order to discover or prove order to discover or prove
something; undertake or something; undertake or
experiment perform a scientific perform a scientific
procedure to test a procedure to test a
hypothesis, make a hypothesis, make a
discovery or demonstrate discovery or demonstrate
a known fact a known fact
provide additional make an idea or situation provide additional

information that plain or clear by information that
demonstrates describing it in more detail demonstrates
explain understanding of or revealing relevant understanding of
reasoning and/or facts; give an account; reasoning and/or
application provide additional application
information
look into both closely and look into closely;

broadly; scrutinise; inquire scrutinise; examine;
into or discuss something investigate; consider a
in detail variety of different
explore
options, possibilities and
viewpoints; examine
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Term
convey, show or convey, show or

communicate (e.g. a communicate (e.g. a
thought, opinion, feeling, thought, opinion, feeling,
emotion, idea or emotion, idea or
express
viewpoint); in words, art, viewpoint); in words, art,
music or movement, music or movement,
convey or suggest a convey or suggest a
representation of; depict representation of; depict
infer or estimate by infer or estimate by

extending or projecting extending or projecting
known information; known information;
conjecture; infer from conjecture; infer from
what is known; extend the what is known; extend the
application of something application of something
extrapolate (e.g. a method or (e.g. a method or
conclusion) to an conclusion) to an
unknown situation by unknown situation by
assuming that existing assuming that existing
trends will continue or trends will continue or
similar methods will be similar methods will be
applicable applicable
well-acquainted; well-acquainted; commonly or generally

thoroughly conversant to thoroughly conversant known or seen
be familiar with a subject; with; well known from
to be familiar with a long or close association;
method often encountered or
experienced; common;
familiar
(of materials, texts, skills
or circumstances) having
been the focus of learning
experiences or previously
encountered in prior
learning activities
spoken or written with flowing smoothly and

ease; able to speak or easily
write smoothly, easily or
readily; articulate;
eloquent;
fluent in artistic performance,
characteristic of a highly
developed and excellently
controlled technique;
flowing; polished; flowing
smoothly, easily and
effortlessly
in a graceful and flowing smoothly and

seemingly effortless easily; graceful
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progresses smoothly and

readily
Term
disjointed, incomplete or disorganised; broken reduced to fragments;

fragmented isolated down; disjointed or disorganised; broken
isolated down
produce; create; bring into produce or create

generate existence something
formulate a supposition to formulate a supposition to

account for known facts account for known facts
or observed occurrences; or observed occurrences;
hypothesise conjecture, theorise, conjecture, theorise,
speculate; especially on speculate; especially on
uncertain or tentative uncertain or tentative
grounds grounds
establish or indicate who distinguish; locate, distinguish, isolate; locate

or what someone or recognise and name; and recognise
something is establish or indicate who
or what someone or
identify something is; provide an
answer from a number of
possibilities; recognise
and state a distinguishing
factor or feature
put something into effect, put a decision, plan,

e.g. a plan or proposal agreement or proposal
into effect or action;
implement execute; apply; put into
practice; carry out,
perform, enact; to
complete, satisfy, or fulfil
derive or conclude derive or conclude

something from evidence something from evidence
and reasoning, rather and reasoning, rather
than from explicit than from explicit
infer
statements; listen or read statements; listen or read
beyond what has been beyond what has been
literally expressed; imply literally expressed; imply
or hint at or hint at
having relevant knowledgeable; learned; knowledgeable; learned;

knowledge; being having relevant having relevant
conversant with the topic knowledge; being knowledge; being
conversant with the topic; conversant with the topic
informed
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understanding of the facts
of the situation (of a
decision or judgment)
Term
something new or new and original; new and original; novel,

different introduced; a introducing new ideas; but not necessarily
creation (a new device or original and creative in unique; often involving
innovative; process) resulting from thinking effective alternatives,
innovation study and modifications or changes
experimentation to given information or
routine tasks
to explain the meaning of use knowledge and use knowledge and

information or actions understanding to understanding to
recognise trends and recognise trends and
draw conclusions from draw conclusions from
given information; make given information; make
clear or explicit; elucidate clear or explicit; elucidate
or understand in a or understand in a
particular way; bring out particular way; bring out
the meaning of, e.g. a the meaning of, e.g. a
dramatic or musical work, dramatic or musical work,
by performance or by performance or
interpret
execution; bring out the execution; bring out the
meaning of an artwork by meaning of an artwork by
artistic representation or artistic representation or
performance; give one's performance; give one's
own interpretation of; own interpretation of;
identify or draw meaning identify or draw meaning
from, or give meaning to, from, or give meaning to,
information presented in information presented in
various forms, such as various forms, such as
words, symbols, pictures words, symbols, pictures
or graphs or graphs
an assessment technique an assessment technique

that requires students to that requires students to
research a specific research a specific
problem, question, issue, problem, question, issue,
design challenge or design challenge or
hypothesis through the hypothesis through the
collection, analysis and collection, analysis and
synthesis of primary synthesis of primary
investigation
and/or secondary data; it and/or secondary data; it
uses research or uses research or
investigative practices to investigative practices to
assess a range of assess a range of
cognitions in a particular cognitions in a particular
context; an investigation context; an investigation
occurs over an extended occurs over an extended
and defined period of time and defined period of time
to plan, collect, interpret carry out an examination carry out an examination

and draw conclusions or formal inquiry in order or formal inquiry in order
about data/information to establish or obtain facts to establish or obtain facts
make inquiry or and reach new and reach new
investigate
examination conclusions; search, conclusions; search,
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draw conclusions about draw conclusions about

data and information data and information
Term
sole or single, random, detached, separate, or detached, separate, or

unrelated; something set unconnected with other unconnected with other
isolated apart; unrepeated; rarely things; one-off; something things
demonstrated set apart or characterised
as different in some way
apply both procedural form an opinion or form an opinion or

and deliberative conclusion about; apply conclusion about; apply
operations to make a both procedural and both procedural and
determination; deliberative operations to deliberative operations to
procedural operations are make a determination make a determination
judge those that determine the
relevance and
admissibility of evidence,
whilst deliberative
operations involve
making a decision based
on the evidence
provide sound reasons or sound reasons or provide sound reasons or

evidence to support a evidence are provided to evidence to support a
statement; support an argument, statement; soundness
show how an argument statement or conclusion requires that the
justified
or conclusion is right or reasoning is logical and,
reasonable where appropriate, that
the premises are likely to
be true
to show how an give reasons or evidence provide sound reasons or

argument or conclusion is to support an answer, evidence to support a
right or reasonable; response or conclusion; statement; soundness
provide sound reasons or show or prove how an requires that the
justify
evidence argument, statement or reasoning is logical and,
conclusion is right or where appropriate, that
reasonable the premises are likely to
be true
sequence of sound rational and valid; rational and valid;

reasoning internally consistent; internally consistent
reasonable; reasoning in
accordance with the
principles/rules of logic or
formal argument;
logical
characterised by or
capable of clear, sound
reasoning; (of an action,
decision, etc.) expected
or sensible under the
circumstances
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sequence of sound according to the rules of rational and valid;

reasoning logic or formal argument; internally consistent
in a way that shows clear,
logically
sound reasoning; in a way
that is expected or
sensible
change, alter or adapt in change the form or change somewhat the

order to improve quality qualities of; make partial form or qualities of; alter
or add clarity or minor changes to somewhat; make partial
something or minor changes to
(something); vary, adjust,
modify
shape or reform to
improve the outcome;
consider the desired
effect, outcome or
purpose
evident; apparent clearly perceptible or clearly perceptible or

obvious evident; easily seen, evident; easily
recognised or understood recognised; open to view
to form as or into a whole arrange, order; form as or systematically ordered

consisting of a sequence into a whole consisting of and arranged; having a
or interdependent parts interdependent or formal organisational
organise
coordinated parts, structure to arrange,
especially for harmonious coordinate, and carry out
or united action activities
attempted; incomplete not total or general; attempted, with evidence

partial evidence provided existing only in part; provided, but incomplete
attempted, but incomplete
suggest what might give an expected result of give an expected result of

happen in the future or as an upcoming action or an upcoming action or
predict a consequence of event; suggest what may event; suggest what may
something happen based on happen based on
available information available information
one type of designed an assessment technique an assessment technique

solution; one of the that focusses on the that focusses on the
outputs of technologies output or result of a output or result of a
processes, the end result process requiring the process requiring the
of processes and application of a range of application of a range of
production; products are cognitive, physical, cognitive, physical,
the tangible end results technical, creative and/or technical, creative and/or
product
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manufacturing, electronic conceptual conceptual
or digital processes to understandings; a product understandings; a product
meet a need or want is developed over an is developed over an
extended and defined extended and defined
period of time period of time
Term
competent or skilled in well advanced or expert in well advanced or expert;

doing or using any art, science or skilled and adept
proficient something; subject; competent,
skilled or adept in doing
or using something
the set of activities an assessment technique an assessment technique

undertaken by students that focusses on a that focusses on a
to address specified problem-solving process problem-solving process
content, involving: requiring the application requiring the application
understanding the nature of a range of cognitive, of a range of cognitive,
of a problem, situation or technical and creative technical and creative
need skills and theoretical skills and theoretical
creating, designing and understandings; the understandings; the
producing a solution to response is a coherent response is a coherent
the project task work that documents the work that documents the
iterative process iterative process
documenting the process
project undertaken to develop a undertaken to develop a
solution and includes solution and includes
written paragraphs and written paragraphs and
annotations, diagrams, annotations, diagrams,
sketches, drawings, sketches, drawings,
photographs, video, photographs, video,
spoken presentations, spoken presentations,
physical prototypes physical prototypes
and/or models; a project and/or models; a project
is developed over an is developed over an
extended and defined extended and defined
period of time period of time
a plan or solution in put forward (e.g. a point put forward (e.g. a point
response to a situation of view, idea, argument, of view, idea, argument,
propose
suggestion) for suggestion) for
consideration or action consideration or action
use a sequence of steps use a sequence of steps

prove to obtain the required to obtain the required
result in a formal way result in a formal way
intentional; done by having an intended or having an intended or

design; focused and desired result; having a desired result
clearly linked to the goals useful purpose;
purposeful
of the task determined; resolute; full
of meaning; significant;
intentional
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create or make (e.g. a make real or concrete;

musical, artistic or give reality or substance
dramatic work); actualise; to actualise; bring an idea
realise
make real or concrete; or plan into reality or
give reality or substance fruition
to
endowed with reason; make real or concrete;

having sound judgment; give reality or substance
reasonable fair and sensible; based to
on good sense; average;
appropriate, moderate
logical and sound; logical and sound; based logical and sound;
presented with on logic or good sense; presented with
justification logically thought out and justification; well-
reasoned presented with grounded, considered and
justification; guided by thought out
reason; well-grounded;
considered
remember; present retrieving relevant

remembered ideas, facts knowledge from long-term
or experiences; bring memory
recall
something back into
thought, attention or into
one’s mind
to be aware of or identify or recall particular identifying that an item,

acknowledge features of information characteristic or quality
from knowledge; identify exists; locating knowledge
that an item, in long-term memory that
recognise
characteristic or quality is consistent with
exists; perceive as presented material
existing or true; be aware
of or acknowledge
developed or improved so fine-tuned and modified;

refined as to be precise, exact or showing improvement
subtle and enhancement
think about deeply and think about deeply and

reflect on
carefully carefully
practised; previously practised; previously

experienced; practised experienced; practised
rehearsed extensively extensively
connect to associated with or linked belonging to the same

related
to group, or type; connected
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connected to the matter bearing upon or applicable and pertinent;
in hand connected with the matter has direct bearing on
relevant in hand; to the purpose;
applicable and pertinent;
having a direct bearing on
Term
choose in preference to choose in preference to choose in preference to

select
another or others another or others; pick out another or others
susceptible to the capable of perceiving with capable of perceiving with

attitude, feelings or a sense or senses; aware a sense or the senses,
circumstances of others; of the attitudes, feelings susceptible to the
responsive to external or circumstances of attitudes, feelings, or
conditions or stimulations others; circumstances of others;
sensitive responsive to external
having acute mental or
emotional sensibility; conditions or stimulation
relating to or connected
with the senses or
sensation
to arrange in a definite place in a continuous or place in a continuous or

sequence order connected series; arrange connected series; arrange
in a particular order in a particular order
provide the relevant provide the relevant

show reasoning to support a reasoning to support a
response response
pertaining to events, important; of includes all that is

periods, developments, consequence; expressing important
perspectives and ideas of a meaning; indicative;
the past, which are includes all that is
regarded as having important;
important consequences, sufficiently great or
significant
duration and relevance to important to be worthy of
the present, from the attention; noteworthy;
point of view of society or having a particular
ordinary people when meaning; indicative of
contextualised to larger something
events
apply procedures in a easy to understand, deal involving few elements,

situation involving few with and use; not complex components or steps;
elements, components or or complicated; plain; not obvious data or outcomes
steps, and in a context elaborate or artificial;
simple that has been a focus of may concern a single or
prior learning basic aspect; involving
few elements,
components or steps
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execute a drawing or a drawing completed

painting in simple form, freehand, often instantly
giving essential features capturing an idea for later
but not necessarily with use and therefore lacking
detail or accuracy in presentation quality;
sketch sketches are usually
produced manually but
may be software-assisted;
they may include
annotations, e.g.
dimensions and materials
having technical facility or having practical ability;

practical ability; possessing skill; expert,
possessing, showing, dexterous, clever; made
involving or requiring skill; or done well, showing a
expert, dexterous; lot of ability; possessing
skilful demonstrating the or displaying;
knowledge, ability or accomplishment or skill,
training to perform a especially something that
certain activity or task requires special ability or
well; trained, practised or training
experienced
to work out a correct find an answer to, find an answer to,

solution to a problem explanation for, or means explanation for, or means
of dealing with (e.g. a of dealing with (e.g. a
problem); problem); work out the
work out the answer or answer or solution to (e.g.
solve a mathematical problem);
solution to (e.g. a
mathematical problem); obtain the answer/s using
obtain the answer/s using algebraic, numerical
algebraic, numerical and/or graphical methods
and/or graphical methods
appearing, happening happening now and again appearing, happening

now and again or at or at intervals; irregular or now and again or at
sporadic intervals; (irregular) or occasional; appearing in intervals; irregular or
occasional scattered or isolated occasional
instances
verb arrangement of parts,

give a pattern, elements or constituents;
organisation or a complex system
arrangement to; construct considered from the point
or arrange according to a of view of the whole
plan; rather than of any single
noun part; anything composed
structure of parts arranged together
in English, arrangement
in some way; an
of words into larger units,
organisation
e.g. phrases, clauses,
sentences, paragraphs
and whole texts, in line 181190
with cultural, intercultural
and textual conventions
Term
expressed in few words; brief, concise and clear;

concise; terse; written briefly and clearly
succinct characterised by expressed
conciseness or brevity;
brief and clear
appropriate, fitting appropriate; fitting; conforming or agreeing in

conforming or agreeing in nature, condition, or
nature, condition, or action; accordant;
suitable
action corresponding;
analogous; appropriate;
fitting
give a brief statement of a give a brief statement of a

general theme or major general theme or major
summarise point/s; present ideas and point/s; present ideas and
information in fewer information in fewer
words and in sequence words and in sequence
continuing for an carried on continuously, carried on continuously,

extended period or without interruption, or without interruption, or
sustained
without interruption without any diminishing of without any diminishing of
intensity or extent intensity or extent
represent or identify by a represent or identify by a

symbolise
symbol or symbols symbol or symbols
combine elements combine different parts or to combine into a complex

(information/ideas) into a elements (e.g. whole; to assemble
coherent whole information, ideas, constituent parts into a
synthesise
components) into a coherent, unique and/or
whole, in order to create complex entity
new understanding
methodical, organised done or acting according methodical, organised

and logical to a fixed plan or system; and logical
methodical; organised
and logical; having,
showing, or involving a
systematic
system, method, or plan;
characterised by system
or method; methodical;
arranged in, or comprising
an ordered system
take measures to check take measures to check

test the quality, performance the quality, performance
or reliability of something or reliability of something
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carried out through, or carried out completely

applied to the whole of and carefully; including all
something; carried out that is required
completely and carefully;
including all that is
required;
thorough complete with attention to
every detail; not
superficial or partial;
performed or written with
care and completeness;
taking pains to do
something carefully and
completely
the concepts perceive what is meant by perceive what is meant by

underpinning and something; grasp; be something; grasp; be
connecting knowledge in familiar with (e.g. an familiar with (e.g. an
a learning area, related to idea); construct meaning idea); construct meaning
understand a student’s ability to from messages, including from messages, including
appropriately select and oral, written and graphic oral, written and graphic
apply knowledge to solve communication communication
problems in that learning
area
not properly unequal; not properly unequal; not properly

corresponding or corresponding or corresponding or
uneven aligning; not in keeping agreeing; irregular; agreeing
with varying; not uniform; not
equally balanced
choose and apply not previously situations or materials

procedures in a situation encountered; situations or that have not been the
involving a number of materials that have not focus of prior learning
unfamiliar elements, components or been the focus of prior experiences
steps in a context in learning experiences or
which students have had activities
limited prior experience
to operate or put into operate or put into effect; the act of putting
effect apply knowledge or rules something to work, or
to put theory into practice employing or applying a
use
thing, for any purpose,
especially a beneficial or
productive purpose
a number of different a number or range of a number of things of

things things of different kinds, different kinds; used to
or the same general create and sustain
class, that are distinct in interest and can be done
variety character or quality; in many different ways
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(of sources) a number of using the elements

different modes or
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consistent with a the condition or quality of precise and exact;

use or employ in a use knowledge and use or employ in a

evaluate the worth, assess the worth, value,

recognise or make a recognise the full worth

fitting, suitable to the acceptable; suitable or fitting, suitable to the

give reasons for or give reasons for or

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features feature of something; a whole

measure, determine, measure, determine, measure, determine,

having the sanction or able to be trusted as able to be trusted as

fundamental; simple, fundamental underdeveloped, simple

determine or find (e.g. a obtain a numerical

place in or assign to a place in or assign to a

make clear or intelligible; make clear or intelligible;

easy to perceive, clearness of thought or fully intelligible; free from

rational; well-structured having a natural or due orderly, logical, and

express an opinion, express an opinion,

conveying information or convey knowledge and/or convey information about,

estimate, measure or display recognition of display recognition of

choose and apply composed or consisting of composed or consisting of

understand the meaning understand the meaning

detailed and thorough, inclusive; of large content detailed and thorough,

in a way that is brief but in a way that is brief but

direct in action or course; direct in action or course;

thought about think deliberately or formed after careful and

fairly large or great; fairly large or great;

regular in occurrence; in agreeing or accordant; agreeing or accordant;

create or put together create or put together

display recognition of display recognition of

putting elements together bring something into put elements together to

containing or involving involving skilful judgment involving skilful judgment

a careful judgment in review (e.g. a theory, evaluate, comment upon

reach a resolution as a a choice or determination

reach a conclusion that is reach a conclusion that is

give the meaning of a give the meaning of a

to give a practical prove or make clear by to point out, indicate; to

arrive at by reasoning; arrive at by reasoning;

give an account of give an account (written give an account of

to plan and evaluate the produce a plan, produce a plan,

meticulous; including executed with great executed with great

establish, conclude or establish, conclude or

elaborate or expand in elaborate, expand or elaborate, expand or

think out; plan; contrive; think out; plan; contrive;

identify the difference/s in establish a difference

showing good judgment discriminating; showing intellectual perception;

for value or relevance

note, observe or perceptive and judicious;

differentiating; distinctive; perceptive and judicious;

to talk or write about a examine by argument; sift examine by argument; sift

recognise point/s of recognise as distinct or recognise as distinct or

support (e.g. an assertion, support (e.g. an assertion,

make a judgment based make a judgment based

meeting the assigned successful in producing meeting the assigned

examine and judge the make an appraisal by provide a detailed

to determine the nature investigate, inspect or investigate by inspection;

provide additional make an idea or situation provide additional

look into both closely and look into closely;

convey, show or convey, show or

infer or estimate by infer or estimate by

well-acquainted; well-acquainted; commonly or generally