Glossary

Action Taker – does something to cause an event

Analyzer – examines and evaluates information in order to explain something

Applier – uses an idea

Changer – makes different in some way

Collaborator – shares ideas and works with others

Connector – identifies source of information

Creator – makes something new

Debugger – recognizes and takes away errors

Decomposer – breaks up an activity or idea into smaller steps

Describer – expresses details about something using specific characteristics

Designer – puts something together following a plan they made

Distinguisher – acknowledges the difference between two or more things/people/events

Documenter – provides and records information and/or evidence from an exploration in many ways

Engager – perceives and participates in something of interest

Engineer – explores materials and builds knowledge about them so that they can be used to solve problems and/or create something

Evaluator – checks how something turned out and thinks about how it could be made better

Explorer – uses any of the senses to learn about somethinger

Fixer – repairs or puts in orderbetter

Generalizer – applies something known about something/someone/event to another something/someone/event

Indentifier – verifies the identity of something/someone/event

Investigator – uses and tests something interesting to increase knowledge on purpose

Looper – runs a series of steps over and over again until something happens that tells the sequence to stop

Maker – uses known information to form new knowledge

Manipulator – puts things together to create or change something

Noticer – shows awareness of something/someone/event, using any of the senses

Observer – perceives and explores something of interest

Planner – has a method for getting something done

Predictor – decides what they think will happen in the future

Recognizer – shows awareness that they experienced something/someone/event before and it is familiar

Reflector – expresses and extends thinking and/or ideas about why something occurs

Repeater – does something more than once in a row

Responder – uses known information to act on environment

Sequencer – does the steps of an activity or task in a particular order

Sharer – expresses known information or ideas with others

Turn Taker – takes turns in activities and conversations