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Critical and Creative Thinking
Students identify, explore and clarify online information and use that knowledge in a range of situations. They think broadly and deeply using skills, behaviours and dispositions such as critical reasoning, logic, resourcefulness, imagination and innovation at school and in their lives beyond school. Students analyse problems, refine concepts and reflect on the decision-making process to make ethical decisions and take respectful action.
Typically by the end of Year 4, students:
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
Consider alternatives
explore situations using creative thinking strategies to propose a range of alternatives
Seek solutions and put ideas into action
experiment with a range of options when seeking solutions and putting ideas into action
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
Apply logic and reasoning
identify and apply appropriate reasoning and thinking strategies for particular outcomes
Draw conclusions and design a course of action
draw on prior knowledge and use evidence when choosing a course of action or drawing a conclusion
Evaluate procedures and outcomes
explain and justify ideas and outcomes
Typically by the end of Year 4, students:
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
Consider alternatives
explore situations using creative thinking strategies to propose a range of alternatives
Seek solutions and put ideas into action
experiment with a range of options when seeking solutions and putting ideas into action
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
Apply logic and reasoning
identify and apply appropriate reasoning and thinking strategies for particular outcomes
Draw conclusions and design a course of action
draw on prior knowledge and use evidence when choosing a course of action or drawing a conclusion
Evaluate procedures and outcomes
explain and justify ideas and outcomes