They practice and apply an increased range of They practice and learning strategies, including learning strategies, including visualisation, constructing analogies, visualising ideas, summarising peer instruction and incubation. and paraphrasing information. Students select and apply a range of Students disaggregate ideas and problems into smaller strategies. elements or ideas, develop criteria to assess and test thinking, and identify and seek out new relevant information as required. CURRICULUM AREA Critical and Creative Thinking – Context: Content Descriptions: Critical and Creative Thinking Level 6 Critical and Creative Thinking Level 8 Achievement Example of Indicative Progress toward Level 8 Achievement Standard Achievement Standard Standard By the end of Level 6: In indicative progression towards the Level By the end of Level 8: Critical and Creative Thinking, Students apply questioning as a tool to focus or 8 achievement standard may be when students: Students prioritise the elements of a question and expand thinking. justify their selection. They use appropriate techniques to copy, borrow Students demonstrate flexibility in thinking by using a and compare aspects of existing solutions in order range of techniques in order to repurpose existing to identify relationships and apply these to new ideas or solutions to meet needs in new contexts. situations. Students explain different ways to settle matters of fact Students distinguish between valid and sound and matters of value and issues concerned with these. arguments and between deductive and inductive They explain and apply a range of techniques to test reasoning. the strength of arguments. They explain how reasons and evidence can be Students use a range of strategies to represent ideas evaluated. and explain and justify thinking processes to others. They explain and apply basic techniques to They evaluate the effectiveness of a range of learning construct valid arguments and test the strength of strategies and select strategies that best meet the arguments. requirements of a task. Students represent thinking processes using visual Students independently segment problems into models and language. discrete stages, synthesise new knowledge at They practice and apply learning strategies, intermediate stages during problem-solving and including constructing analogies, visualising ideas, develop and apply criteria to assess ideas, proposals summarising and paraphrasing information. and emerging thinking.
They practice and apply an increased range of learning strategies, including visualisation, peer instruction and incubation. Students select and apply a range of strategies. They practice and learning strategies, including constructing analogies, visualising ideas, summarising and paraphrasing information. Students disaggregate ideas and problems into smaller elements or ideas, develop criteria to assess and test thinking, and identify and seek out new relevant information as required. CURRICULUM AREA – Critical and Creative Thinking Context: Content Descriptions: Critical and Creative Thinking Level 6 Achievement Standard Example of Indicative Progress toward Level 8 Achievement Standard Critical and Creative Thinking Level 8 Achievement Standard By the end of Level 6: Students apply questioning as a tool to focus or expand thinking. They use appropriate techniques to copy, borrow and compare aspects of existing solutions in order to identify relationships and apply these to new situations. Students distinguish between valid and sound arguments and between deductive and inductive reasoning. They explain how reasons and evidence can be evaluated. They explain and apply basic techniques to construct valid arguments and test the strength of arguments. Students represent thinking processes using visual models and language. They practice and apply learning strategies, including constructing analogies, visualising ideas, summarising and paraphrasing information. In Critical and Creative Thinking, indicative progression towards the Level 8 achievement standard may be when students: By the end of Level 8: Students prioritise the elements of a question and justify their selection. Students demonstrate flexibility in thinking by using a range of techniques in order to repurpose existing ideas or solutions to meet needs in new contexts. Students explain different ways to settle matters of fact and matters of value and issues concerned with these. They explain and apply a range of techniques to test the strength of arguments. Students use a range of strategies to represent ideas and explain and justify thinking processes to others. They evaluate the effectiveness of a range of learning strategies and select strategies that best meet the requirements of a task. Students independently segment problems into discrete stages, synthesise new knowledge at intermediate stages during problem-solving and develop and apply criteria to assess ideas, proposals and emerging thinking.
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