This element involves students developing inquiry skills.
Students pose questions and identify and clarify information and ideas, and then organise and process information. They use questioning to investigate and analyse ideas and issues, make sense of and assess information and ideas, and collect, compare and evaluate information from a range of sources. In developing and acting with critical and creative thinking, students:
- pose questions
- identify and clarify information and ideas
- organise and process information.
Level 1
Typically by the end of Foundation Year, students:
Pose questions
pose factual and exploratory questions based on personal interests and experiences
Identify and clarify information and ideas
identify and describe familiar information and ideas during a discussion or investigation
Organise and process information
gather similar information or depictions from given sources
Level 2
Typically by the end of Year 2, students:
Pose questions
pose questions to identify and clarify issues, and compare information in their world
Identify and clarify information and ideas
identify and explore information and ideas from source materials
Organise and process information
organise information based on similar or relevant ideas from several sources
Level 3
Typically by the end of Year 4, students:
Pose questions
pose questions to expand their knowledge about the world
Identify and clarify information and ideas
identify main ideas and select and clarify information from a range of sources
Organise and process information
collect, compare and categorise facts and opinions found in a widening range of sources
This element involves students reflecting on, adjusting and explaining their thinking and identifying the thinking behind choices, strategies and actions taken.
Students think about thinking (metacognition), reflect on actions and processes, and transfer knowledge into new contexts to create alternatives or open up possibilities. They apply knowledge gained in one context to clarify another. In developing and acting with critical and creative thinking, students:
- think about thinking (metacognition)
- reflect on processes
- transfer knowledge into new contexts.
Level 1
Typically by the end of Foundation Year, students:
Think about thinking (metacognition)
describe what they are thinking and give reasons why
Reflect on processes
identify the main elements of the steps in a thinking process
Transfer knowledge into new contexts
connect information from one setting to another
Level 2
Typically by the end of Year 2, students:
Think about thinking (metacognition)
describe the thinking strategies used in given situations and tasks
Reflect on processes
outline the details and sequence in a whole task and separate it into workable parts
Transfer knowledge into new contexts
use information from a previous experience to inform a new idea
Level 3
Typically by the end of Year 4, students:
Think about thinking (metacognition)
reflect on, explain and check the processes used to come to conclusions
Reflect on processes
identify pertinent information in an investigation and separate into smaller parts or ideas
Transfer knowledge into new contexts
transfer and apply information in one setting to enrich another