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16 THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 9 AND 10: BUSINESS STUDIES
Achievement Chart – Business Studies, Grades 9–12
Categories
50–59% (Level 1)
60–69% (Level 2)
70–79% (Level 3)
80–100% (Level 4)
Knowledge and Understanding Subject-specific content acquired in each course (knowledge), and the comprehension of its meaning and significance (understanding) The student:
– demonstrates considerable knowl- edge of content
– demonstrates considerable under- standing of content
– uses planning skills with considerable effectiveness
– uses processing skills with considerable effectiveness
– uses critical/creative thinking processes with considerable effectiveness
– expresses and organizes ideas and information with considerable effectiveness
Knowledge of content (e.g., facts, terms, definitions, procedures)
Understanding of con- tent (e.g., concepts, principles, theories, relationships, method- ologies and/or technologies)
– demonstrates limited knowledge of content
– demonstrates limited understanding of content
– demonstrates some knowledge of content
– demonstrates some understanding of content
– demonstrates thorough knowledge of content
– demonstrates thorough understand- ing of content
– uses planning skills with a high degree of effectiveness
– uses processing skills with a high degree
of effectiveness
– uses critical/creative thinking processes with a high degree of effectiveness
– expresses and organizes ideas and information with a high degree of effectiveness
Thinking The use of critical and creative thinking skills and/or processes The student:
Use of planning skills (e.g., focusing research, gathering information, selecting strategies, organizing a project)
Use of processing skills (e.g., analysing, inter- preting, assessing, reasoning, generating ideas, evaluating, inte- grating, synthesizing, seeking a variety of perspectives, forming conclusions)
Use of critical/creative thinking processes (e.g., evaluation of business situations, problem solving, deci- sion making, detecting bias, research)
– uses planning skills with limited effectiveness
– uses processing skills with limited effectiveness
– uses critical/creative thinking processes with limited effectiveness
– uses planning skills with some effectiveness
– uses processing skills with some effectiveness
– uses critical/ creative thinking processes with some effectiveness
Communication The conveying of meaning through various forms The student:
Expression and organi- zation of ideas and information (e.g., clear expression, logical orga- nization) in oral, visual, and written forms, including electronic forms (e.g., presenta- tions, charts, graphs, tables, maps, models, web pages, spread- sheets, flyers, financial statements, letters, memos, reports)
– expresses and organizes ideas and information with limited effectiveness
– expresses and organizes ideas and information with some effectiveness