8.1: Standards associated with exit criteria Standard A Standard B Standard C Standard D Standard E Criterion Knowledge, conceptual The student consistently: The student consistently: The student consistently: The student consistently: The student consistently: understanding and recalls extensive recalls knowledge in recalls knowledge in recalls some knowledge in recalls some knowledge application knowledge in most areas most areas together with most areas several areas considerable knowledge in many of these demonstrates a clear demonstrates a clear demonstrates a demonstrates some demonstrates some understanding of concepts understanding of concepts understanding of concepts understanding of concepts understanding of a few in depth in most areas in most areas in most areas with few in several areas but with concepts misconceptions many misconceptions recognises and explains recognises and explains recognises and explains recognises some demonstrates an relationships amongst most of the relationships most of the obvious relationships amongst understanding that some straightforward and amongst straightforward relationships amongst straightforward concepts concepts are interrelated complex concepts, concepts straightforward concepts comparing and contrasting them where appropriate successfully applies successfully applies successfully applies applies some knowledge applies some knowledge knowledge and concepts in knowledge and concepts in knowledge and concepts in and concepts in some and concepts but with most situations, including most straightforward most straightforward straightforward situations errors many that are novel and/or situations and some that situations complex are novel and/or complex evaluates both the evaluates the relevance of selects some relevant uses information but does uses some information relevance and scientific information provided in or information from that not reflect on its relevance merit of information derived from science provided in or derived from and/or scientific merit provided in or derived from contexts earth science contexts earth science contexts
8.1: Standards associated with exit criteria Criterion Standard A Standard B Standard C Standard D Standard E Knowledge, conceptual understanding and application The student consistently: The student consistently: The student consistently: The student consistently: The student consistently: recalls extensive knowledge in most areas recalls knowledge in most areas together with considerable knowledge in many of these recalls knowledge in most areas recalls some knowledge in several areas recalls some knowledge demonstrates a clear understanding of concepts in depth in most areas demonstrates a clear understanding of concepts in most areas demonstrates a understanding of concepts in most areas with few misconceptions demonstrates some understanding of concepts in several areas but with many misconceptions demonstrates some understanding of a few concepts recognises and explains relationships amongst straightforward and complex concepts, comparing and contrasting them where appropriate recognises and explains most of the relationships amongst straightforward concepts recognises and explains most of the obvious relationships amongst straightforward concepts recognises some relationships amongst straightforward concepts demonstrates an understanding that some concepts are interrelated successfully applies knowledge and concepts in most situations, including many that are novel and/or complex successfully applies knowledge and concepts in most straightforward situations and some that are novel and/or complex successfully applies knowledge and concepts in most straightforward situations applies some knowledge and concepts in some straightforward situations applies some knowledge and concepts but with errors evaluates both the relevance and scientific merit of information provided in or derived from earth science contexts evaluates the relevance of information provided in or derived from science contexts selects some relevant information from that provided in or derived from earth science contexts uses information but does not reflect on its relevance and/or scientific merit uses some information
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