NESA Directive Terms

Account means to;

• Putting together various elements to make a whole

• State reasons for, report on. Give an account of: narrate a series of events or transactions

• Present remembered ideas, facts or experiences

Analyse means to;

• Arrange or include in classes/categories

• Ascertain/determine from given facts, figures or information

• Identify components and the relationship between them; draw out and relate implications

Appreciate means to;

• Make a judgement about the value of

• Make a judgement of value, quality, outcomes, results or size

• Make clear or plain

Apply means to;

• Putting together various elements to make a whole

• Use, utilise, employ in a particular situation

• Express, concisely, the relevant details

Assess means to;

• Make clear or plain

• Ascertain/determine from given facts, figures or information

• Make a judgement of value, quality, outcomes, results or size

Calculate means to;

• Ascertain/determine from given facts, figures or information

• Make clear or plain

• Arrange or include in classes/categories

Clarify means to;

• Arrange or include in classes/categories

• Show how things are similar or different

• Make clear or plain

Classify means to;

• Arrange or include in classes/categories

• Show how things are similar or different

• Make; build; put together items or arguments

Compare means to;

• Make; build; put together items or arguments

• Show how things are similar or different

• Show how things are different or opposite

Construct means to;

• Show how things are different or opposite

• Add a degree or level of accuracy depth, knowledge and understanding, logic, questioning, reflection and quality to (analyse/evaluate)

• Make; build; put together items or arguments