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 4
Typically by the end of Year 6, students:
Pose questions
pose questions to clarify and interpret information and probe for causes and consequences
Identify and clarify information and ideas
identify and clarify relevant information and prioritise ideas
Organise and process information
analyse, condense and combine relevant information from multiple 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 4
Typically by the end of Year 6, students:
Think about thinking (metacognition)
reflect on assumptions made, consider reasonable criticism and adjust their thinking if necessary
Reflect on processes
identify and justify the thinking behind choices they have made