Computer Science Command Words

 CS Command Words:

Analyse: Examine in detail to show meaning, and identify elements and the relationship between them.

Assess: Make an informed judgement.

Calculate: Work out from given facts, figures or information.

Comment: Give an informed opinion.

Compare: Identify/ comment on similarities and/or differences.

Complete: Add information to an incomplete diagram or table.

Consider: Review and respond to the given information.

Contrast: Identify/comment on differences.

Define: Give precise meaning.

Demonstrate: Show how or give an example.

Describe: State the points of a topic/give characteristics and main features.

Develop: Take forward to a more advanced stage or build upon given information.

Discuss: Write about the issue(s) or topic(s) in depth in a structured way.

Draw: Draw a line to match a term with a description.

Evaluate: Judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something.

Examine: Investigate closely, in detail.

Explain: Set out purposes or reasons/make the relationships between things evident/provide why and/or how and support with relevant evidence.

Give: Produce an answer from a given source or recall/memory.

Identify: Name/Select/Recognise.

Justify: Support a case with evidence/arguments.

Outline: Set out main points.

Predict: Suggest what may happen based on available information.

Sketch: Make a simple freehand drawing showing the key features, taking care of proportions.

State: Express in clear terms.

Suggest: Apply knowledge and understanding to situations where there are a range of valid responses to make proposals.

Summarize: Select and present the main points, without detail.

Write: Write an answer in a specific way.