QCAA Cognitive Verbs Business

What is the cognitive verb, describe, asking you to do?

• to make something clearer by providing more information; to answer the question how and why.

• give an account of a situation, event, pattern or process, or of the characteristics or features of something

• to suggest what is likely to happen, based on the available information.

• to find and name the correct information.

What is the cognitive verb, evaluate, asking you to do?

• examine and determine the merit,

  value or significance of something, based on criteria

• make an appraisal by weighing up or assessing strengths, implications and limitations; make judgments

  about ideas, works, solutions or methods in relation to selected criteria;

• to suggest what is likely to happen, based on the available information.

• to find and name the correct information.

What is the cognitive verb, identify, asking you to do?

• distinguish; locate, recognise and name; establish or indicate who or what someone or something is; provide an answer from a number of possibilities; recognise and state a distinguishing factor or feature

• bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; to the purpose; applicable and pertinent; having a direct bearing on

• a connection between variables, such as a correlation

• combine different parts or elements (e.g. information, ideas, components) into a whole, in order to create new understanding

What is the cognitive verb, explain, asking you to do?

• to think about something deeply and carefully.

• to suggest what is likely to happen, based on the available information.

• make an idea or situation plain or clear by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts; give an

  account; provide additional information about how and why and an example

• in business, a set of activities and tasks enabling the accomplishment of business goals

What is the cognitive verb, anlayse, asking you to do? (2 answers)

• in business, a set of activities and tasks enabling the accomplishment of business goals

• use knowledge and understanding in response to a given situation or circumstance; carry out or use a

  procedure in a given or particular situation

• dissect to ascertain and examine constituent parts and/or their relationships; break down or examine in

  order to identify the essential elements, features, components or structure; determine the logic and

  reasonableness of information;

• examine or consider something in order to explain and interpret it, for the

  purpose of finding meaning or relationships and identifying patterns, similarities and differences

What is the cognitive verb, synthesise, asking you to do?

• combine different parts or elements (e.g. information, ideas, components) into a whole, in order to create

  new understanding

• bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; to the purpose; applicable and pertinent; having a direct

  bearing on

• course/s of action suggested as the most suitable for a situation or context

• select from available options; weigh up positives and negatives of each option and consider all the

  alternatives to arrive at a position

What is the definition of strategies in QCAA Business?

• a general direction in which something is developing or changing

• combine different parts or elements (e.g. information, ideas, components) into a whole, in order to create

  new understanding

• the means by which a business sets out to achieve its desired goals and/or objectives

• bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; to the purpose; applicable and pertinent; having a direct

  bearing on

What is the definition of trends in QCAA Business?

• a general direction in which something is developing or changing

• combine different parts or elements (e.g. information, ideas, components) into a whole, in order to create

  new understanding

• the means by which a business sets out to achieve its desired goals and/or objectives

• bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; to the purpose; applicable and pertinent; having a direct

  bearing on

What is the definition of pattern in QCAA Business?

• a general direction in which something is developing or changing

• combine different parts or elements (e.g. information, ideas, components) into a whole, in order to create

  new understanding

• a regular and intelligible form or sequence discernible in terms of how something happens or is done

• a connection between variables, such as a correlation

What is the definition of a relationship in QCAA Business?

• a general direction in which something is developing or changing

• combine different parts or elements (e.g. information, ideas, components) into a whole, in order to create

  new understanding

• a regular and intelligible form or sequence discernible in terms of how something happens or is done

• a connection between variables, such as a correlation