Marking Key: D - Developing, A - Achieving, E - Exceeding
| Planning Investigations Contributes relevant ideas and suggestions from their direct experience or from a stimulus provided. |
Planning Investigations Identifies, given a focus question, some of the factors to be considered in a familiar social/environmental context. | ||||||||
| Can provide key words to a group brainstorm. | Participate in a group brainstorm to identify the key concepts and the associated for a topic. | ||||||||
| Describe what is going to be investigated and how they will collect information. | |||||||||
| Identify key words for research. | |||||||||
| Formulate ideas into prepared frameworks Explosion chart and T-Chart. | |||||||||
| Conducting Investigations Assembles, collects and identifies relevant information in activities. |
Conducting Investigations Uses a range of social science techniques to make literal, factual observations and limited records of the data collected. | ||||||||
| Identifying features in a book which assist with locating information. | Evaluating book resources according to given criteria Glossary, Table of Contents, index, illustrations, etc. | ||||||||
| Given key words to research, locate relevant information in book resources. Write relevant notes. | |||||||||
| Reflect on the procedures used to locate information Identify problems. | |||||||||
| Use a key or legend | |||||||||
| Processing and Interpreting Information Sorts information into simple categories and talks about ways of organising information. |
Processing and Interpreting Information Selects, organises and compares relevant information. | ||||||||
| Review information to evaluate adequacy. Identify further information needed. Add as necessary. | |||||||||
| Organise information into report. Peer edit work of others. Refine draft to enhance writing. | |||||||||
| Sort information with others and label the categories to form clusters of words (T-chart) | |||||||||
| Evaluating and Applying Findings Expresses a personal view of the information. |
Evaluating and Applying Findings Presents their findings, and compares their interpretations with others. | ||||||||
| Explain their findings in a simple report. | |||||||||
| Reflect and articulate problems confronted during process. | |||||||||
| Compare information found by others. Make generalisations and set criteria. | |||||||||
| Use generalisations and criteria to create own new information | |||||||||
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