Explore content
Typically, by the end of Year 8, students:
Identify and clarify information and ideas
clarify information and ideas from texts or images when exploring challenging issues
Organise and process information
critically analyse information and evidence according to criteria such as validity and relevance
Apply logic and reasoning
identify gaps in reasoning and missing elements in information
Typically, by the end of Year 8, students:
Pose questions
pose questions to probe assumptions and investigate complex issues
Imagine possibilities and connect ideas
draw parallels between known and new ideas to create new ways of achieving goals
Consider alternatives
generate alternatives and innovative solutions, and adapt ideas, including when information is limited or conflicting
Seek solutions and put ideas into action
predict possibilities, and identify and test consequences when seeking solutions and putting ideas into action
Transfer knowledge into new contexts
justify reasons for decisions when transferring information to similar and different contexts
Draw conclusions and design a course of action
differentiate the components of a designed course of action and tolerate ambiguities when drawing conclusions
Evaluate procedures and outcomes
explain intentions and justify ideas, methods and courses of action, and account for expected and unexpected outcomes against criteria they have identified