HCD.6:0.1 - Working Terms

Name in this pattern	What it denotes
target human action	The recognition, judgement, operation, coordination, or result-producing contribution the person is intended to practise under stated conditions.
representative practice task	A bounded task that preserves the later-Work relations needed to elicit the target action and interpret its result. Representation is relative to the contribution and claim; visual realism or a workplace label is not enough.
sufficiently whole task	A task containing the purpose, result recipient, decision-bearing conditions, required contributions, interfaces, and stopping or critical-error boundaries needed for the target action. It may omit detail that does not change that action.
decision-bearing condition	A fact whose value can change which Method applies, which action is warranted, or which result can be supported.
worked explanation	A demonstration that exposes the intermediate observations, comparisons, reasons, checks, and uncertainty needed for the target action rather than showing only the final answer.
answer-bearing cue	Information that supplies the Method choice, decisive relation, calculation, or conclusion the current attempt is meant to elicit from the person. A legitimate reference or tool is not answer-bearing merely because it helps.
permitted help	The references, tools, AI actions, prompts, peers, specialists, teacher moves, and other support allowed for one stated practice purpose. It remains distinct from help actually available and help actually received.
representative practice set	The task descriptions, conditions, materials, permitted help, criteria, variations, feedback opportunities, progression or return rules, and evidence-purpose limits needed for a coherent practice use.

A task description, learning product, performed attempt, work product, feedback event, and capability claim remain different objects. HCD.6 designs the task set; later Methods establish what was provided, performed, observed, and inferred.