Reservoir West Primary School

THINKING PROCESSES

RESPONSIBILITY: Mrs Jacqui Duxson/Mrs Doris McDonagh

This domain is taught by the classroom teachers and is embedded across the curriculum.

This domain encompasses a range of cognitive, affective and metacognitive knowledge, skills and behaviours which are essential for effective functioning in society both within and beyond school. The study of thinking enables students to acquire strategies for thinking related to inquiry, processing information, reasoning, problem solving, evaluation and reflection.standards in the Thinking Processes domain are organised in three dimensions:

Reasoning, Processing and Inquiry

This dimension encompasses the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to enable students to inquire into the world around them, and to use critical thinking to analyse and evaluate information they encounter. Students learn to assemble and question information and develop opinions based on informed judgments. They also develop the capacity to transform information into coherent knowledge structures.

Creativity

The capacity to think creatively is a central component of being able to solve problems and be innovative. In this dimension, students learn to seek innovative alternatives and use their imagination to generate possibilities. They learn to take risks with their thinking and make new connections.

Reflection, Evaluation and Metacognition

Learning is enhanced when individuals develop the capacity to reflect on, and refine their existing ideas and beliefs. In this dimension, students learn to reflect on what they know and develop awareness that there is more to know. They learn to question their perspectives and those of others. They evaluate the validity of their own and others’ ideas. They also develop their metacognitive skills in planning, monitoring and evaluating their own thinking processes and strategies.

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VICTORIAN ESSENTIAL LEARNING STANDARDS

This table outlines where a student is expected to be at a particular time in his/her educational journey. Most students will achieve the expected standard. Some will achieve to a higher standard. Some may not reach the expected standard.

Click to view a description of the behaviours that a student should display at each progression point in Thinking Processes at Levels 3 and 4.

A student’s achievement is reported to parents at June and December. Click for an explanation of the Report Card.

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