Division of the CCEs into the Five Criteria of QCS tests

a Comprehend and Collect

Recognising letters, words and other symbols

Finding material in an indexed collection

Recalling/remembering

Interpreting the meaning of words or other symbols

Interpreting the meaning of pictures / illustrations

Interpreting the meaning of tables or diagrams or maps or graphs

Translating from one form to another

Compiling lists / statistics

Recording / noting data

Emphathising

Identifying shapes in two and three dimensions

Searching and locating items / information

Observing systematically

Gesturing

Manipulating/operating/using equipment

b Structure and Sequence

Structuring / organising extended written text

Structuring / organising a mathematical argument

Comparing, contrasting

Classifying

Interrelating ideas / themes / issues

Applying strategies to trial and test ideas and procedures

Generalising from information

Perceiving patterns

Visualising

q Analyse, Assess and Conclude

Reaching a conclusion which is necessarily true provided a given set of assumptions is true (deducing)

Reaching a conclusion which is consistent with a given set of assumptions (inferring)

Inserting an intermediate between members of a series (interpolating)

Extrapolating

Hypothesising

Criticising

Analysing

Synthesising

Judging / evaluating

Justifying

p Create and Present

Using correct spelling, punctuation, grammar

Using vocabulary appropriate to a context

Summarising / condensing written text

Compiling results in a tabular form

Graphing

Setting out / presenting / arranging / displaying

Explaining to others

Expounding a viewpoint

Creating / composing / devising

Sketching / drawing

f Applying Techniques and Procedures

Calculating with or without calculators

Estimating numerical magnitude

Approximating a numerical value

Substituting in formulae

Applying a progression of steps to achieve the required answer