Problem-solving assessment rubric Level 7-8 – Relevant element of the Achievement Standards Level 6 Level 8 Level 10 Personal and Social Capability By the end of Level 6, By the end of Level 8, By the end of Level 10, students…identify causes and students…reflect on strategies students… evaluate… effects of conflict and explain to cope with difficult situations strategies…used to cope with different strategies to diffuse or and are able to justify their stressful situations/life resolve conflict situations. choice of strategy… They challenges. Students… assess the appropriateness of generate, apply and evaluate various strategies to avoid or strategies to prevent and resolve conflict in a range of resolve conflicts in a range of situations. contexts. Critical and Creative Thinking By the end of Level 6, By the end of Level 8, By the end of Level 10, students…disaggregate ideas students…independently Students…develop, justify and and problems into smaller segment problems into discrete refine criteria to evaluate the elements or ideas… stages, synthesise new quality of ideas, proposals and knowledge at intermediate thinking processes. stages during problem-solving… Assessment Rubric Category At Level 6 students can: When progressing towards At Level 8 students can: When progressing At Level 10 students can: Level 8 students can: towards Level 10 students can: Segmenting problems into disaggregate problems divide ideas and problems independently segment investigate and apply evaluate the criteria used discrete stages into smaller stages into discrete elements problems into discrete criteria to segment to segment problems during problem solving stages during problems solving Problem strategies explain different reflect on the effectiveness justify the selection of generate and apply evaluate different solving strategies used to of different problem strategies problem strategies problem-solving strategies resolve a conflict situation strategies used to to cope with difficult that could be used to used to prevent and resolve or diffuse a conflict situations respond to challenging resolve problems in a situation situations range of situations or challenges
Problem-solving assessment rubric – Level 7-8 Relevant element of the Achievement Standards Level 6 Level 8 Level 10 Personal and Social Capability By the end of Level 6, students…identify causes and effects of conflict and explain different strategies to diffuse or resolve conflict situations. By the end of Level 8, students…reflect on strategies to cope with difficult situations and are able to justify their choice of strategy… They assess the appropriateness of various strategies to avoid or resolve conflict in a range of situations. By the end of Level 10, students… evaluate… strategies…used to cope with stressful situations/life challenges. Students… generate, apply and evaluate strategies to prevent and resolve conflicts in a range of contexts. Critical and Creative Thinking By the end of Level 6, students…disaggregate ideas and problems into smaller elements or ideas… By the end of Level 8, students…independently segment problems into discrete stages, synthesise new knowledge at intermediate stages during problem-solving… By the end of Level 10, Students…develop, justify and refine criteria to evaluate the quality of ideas, proposals and thinking processes. Assessment Rubric Category At Level 6 students can: When progressing towards Level 8 students can: At Level 8 students can: When progressing towards Level 10 students can: At Level 10 students can: Segmenting problems into discrete stages disaggregate problems into smaller stages divide ideas and problems into discrete elements during problem solving independently segment problems into discrete stages during investigate and apply criteria to segment problems evaluate the criteria used to segment problems Problem strategies explain different strategies used to resolve a conflict situation reflect on the effectiveness of different strategies used to resolve or diffuse a conflict situation justify the selection of problem solving strategies to cope with difficult situations generate and apply problem solving strategies that could be used to respond to challenging situations evaluate different problem-solving strategies used to prevent and resolve problems in a range of situations or challenges