Command Terms LCPE - Critical Thinking Skills Quiz

What does it mean to evaluate something?

• Select and use information to explain its application in a given situation

• Make arrangements or preparations for an event or activity

• Collect and examine evidence to make judgments and appraisals; Describe how evidence supports or does not support a judgment; Identify the limitations of evidence and conclusions.; Make judgments about ideas, solutions, or methods.

• Examine something in detail to bring out essential elements

What does it mean to organise something?

• provide a structured argument about a topic 

• make arrangements or preparations for an event or activity.

• put a decision, plan, or agreement into effect. 

• give a detailed account including reasons or causes. 

What does it mean to analyse something?

• Provide or make clear by reasoning or evidence

• Recognise patterns, facts, or details

• Examine something in detail; breakdown in order to bring out the essential elements of the structure; Identify parts and relationships, and to interpret information to reach conclusions.

• Give a detailed account including reasons or causes

What does it mean to compare something?

• Give an account of the similarities between two or more items or solutions,

• Select and use information to explain its application in a given situation

• Consider an argument or concept in a way that uncovers assumptions

• Provide or make clear by reasoning or evidence

What does it mean to examine an argument or concept?

• Influence or support the behavior or development of an individual or group

• Give a detailed account including reasons or causes

• Recognise patterns, facts, or details

• Consider in a way that uncovers assumptions and interrelationships

What does it mean to debate about a topic?

• Study materials and sources to establish facts

• Develop a detailed picture or image of a structure or process

• Provide a structured argument about it

• Apply knowledge or rules to put theory into practice

What does it mean to apply knowledge or rules?

• Push the decision, plan, or agreement into effect

• Give a detailed account including reasons or causes

• Observe, study, or make a detailed examination to establish facts

• Select and use information to explain its application in a given situation

What does it mean to demonstrate something?

• Study materials and sources to establish facts

• Influence or support the behavior or development of an individual or group

• Give a detailed account including reasons or causes

• Provide or make clear by reasoning or evidence

What does it mean to guide someone?

• Provide or make clear by reasoning or evidence

• Push the decision, plan, or agreement into effect

• Influence or support the behavior or development of an individual or group

• Give the precise meaning of a word, phrase, or concept

What does it mean to implement a decision or plan?

• Select and use information to explain its application in a given situation

• Put the decision, plan, or agreement into effect

• Observe, study, or make a detailed examination to establish facts

• Promote or propose an idea