Home of real teaching & learning
  • Full support for teachers
  • Focus on critical thinking
  • Engaging classroom activities
  • Integrated student eBook
  • Assessed tasks / qBank
  • Practice exam questions

The InThinking Guarantee: Our sites are written by expert practitioners and not by AI

See our AI policy

Disclaimer: InThinking subject sites are neither endorsed by nor connected with the International Baccalaureate Organisation.

Don't miss out, find out!

Command terms - Describe, outline, explain.

This activity is designed to help you get more familiar with the three most common command terms; describe, explain and outline. In all honesty, it's a bit difficult to articulate the differences in these command terms. In reality, the terminology is used interchangeably and rather, it's a better idea to understand the similarities in what the examiner is looking for. Please do allow students to access the Answers -...

Help