It s All About The Verbs

1. Trish Goddard MAP 2006 It�s All About The Verbs Being Sure You Are Assessing The Correct Mathematical GLE.

2. Verb (noun) word indicating action or state what the student needs to do

3. analyze to examine something in great detail in order to understand it better or discover more about it to find out what something is made up of by identifying its constituent parts

4. apply to make use of something to achieve a result or produce a product

5. classify to assign things to classes or groups

6. compare (and contrast) examine for similarities and differences

7. compose to make something by combining together to put things together to form a whole

8. compute to calculate an answer or result

9. construct to draw something accurately using given measurements to build or assemble something by putting together separate parts in an ordered way

10. convert to change units of one measuring or calculating system into units of another

11. create to produce something

12. decompose to break something down, or be broken down, into smaller or simpler parts

13. describe to give an account of something by giving details of its characteristics

14. design to contrive, devise, or plan something

15. determine to find out or ascertain something, usually after investigation

16. develop to make use of something to achieve a result to add details to a basic plan or idea to plan and construct graphs, charts or other mathematical structures

17. display to make something visible or available for others to see create

18. distinguish to be aware of a difference between two or more groups or things to show that two or more groups or things are different from each other

19. draw to make a line, picture, or plan on a surface using a pencil, pen, or crayon

20. estimate to make an approximate calculation of something

21. evaluate to calculate a numerical value for a mathematical expression to consider or examine something in order to judge its value, quality, importance, extent, or condition (D3A12) (D1A5)

22. extend To continue � as in a pattern or line

23. find determine to find out or ascertain something, usually after investigation

24. formulate to express or communicate something carefully or in specific words to express something by means of or as a formula

25. gather to compile something such as information or ideas from various sources

26. generalize to infer a general conclusion from particulars, or a universal statement from an instance, as in stating a rule to express something general on the basis of particulars

27. generate to produce a set or sequence by application of defined rules or the performance of defined operations

28. identify to recognize something and to be able to say what it is

29. interpret to establish or explain the meaning or significance of something

30. judge to assess the quality of something or estimate probabilities

31. justify to give a reason or explanation why something was done to give somebody an acceptable reason for taking a particular action

32. measure to find out the size, length, quantity, or rate of something using a suitable instrument or device

33. model create a numerical, algebraic, or physical representation of a given situation

34. order to arrange items in a particular way, especially in the sequence in which they are to be dealt with

35. perform to find out the size, length, quantity, or rate of something using a suitable instrument or device

36. pose to ask a question, often one that requires some consideration

37. predict to say what is going to happen in the future, often on the basis of present indications or past experience

38. recognize to identify a thing because of having perceived it before

39. reposition to put something in a new position

40. represent to represent something pictorially or with a model

41. select to choose something from among several

42. solve to work out the solution to an equation or other mathematical problem to find a way of dealing successfully with a problem or difficulty

43. tell to be able to distinguish things to give an account in speech or writing of events or facts

44. translate to move an object in a direct straight line without rotation

45. understand to know or be able to explain to yourself the nature of something, or the meaning or cause of something

46. use to employ something for some purpose or to put something into action or service