The Australian Dictionary of Invisible Culture for Teachers
compare
verb: someone does something (see more)
It can be like this:
Sometimes the teacher says something like this to students about two things “Compare these two things.”
When it is like this, it is good if the students think about it like this: I want to think about two things at the same time because I want to say something about these two things at the same time.
It is good if a student can think like this: Both these things are like this (X). One of these things is like this (Y), the other thing is not like this.
After this, this student can say something (to the teacher) about both these things at the same time.
Note
'Compare' is usually paired with 'contrast', the key difference between the two is in line 4 of the entry, where compare states 'both these things are like this' but contrast states 'one of these things is like this.'"Compare and contrast the ways in which your three chosen texts support or challenge this statement."
"Compare a recent romantic movie with a classic and evaluate which is best."
"Evaluate digital textbooks and compare the experience of using them with using a traditional paper textbook."
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