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CHAPTER 3 | performance standards – the achievement chart
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Categories
Communication for different audiences
(e.g., peers, adults) and purposes (e.g., to inform, to persuade) in oral, visual, and/or written forms
Use of conventions, vocabulary, and terminology of the discipline in oral, visual, and/or written forms (e.g., symbols, formulae, scientific notation, SI units)
Application of knowledge and skills (e.g., concepts and process- es, safe use of equipment and technology, investigation skills) in familiar contexts
Transfer of knowledge and skills (e.g., concepts and processes, safe use of equipment and technology, investigation skills) to unfamiliar contexts
Making connections between science, tech- nology, society, and the environment (e.g., assess- ing the impact of science and technology on people, other living things, and the environment)
Proposing courses
of practical action to deal with problems relating to science, technology, society, and the environment
Level 1
uses conventions, vocabulary, and terminology of the discipline with limited effectiveness
transfers knowledge and skills to unfamiliar contexts with lim- ited effectiveness
makes connections between science, technology, society, and the environment
with limited effectiveness
proposes courses of practical action of limited effectiveness
Level 2
uses conventions, vocabulary, and terminology of the discipline with some effectiveness
transfers knowl- edge and skills
to unfamiliar contexts with some effectiveness
makes connections between science, technology, society, and the environment with some effectiveness
proposes courses of practical action of some effectiveness
Level 3
uses conventions, vocabulary, and terminology of the discipline with considerable effectiveness
transfers knowl- edge and skills to unfamiliar contexts with considerable effectiveness
makes connections between science, technology, society, and the environment
with considerable effectiveness
proposes courses of practical action of considerable effectiveness
Level 4
Communication (continued)
The student:
communicates for different audiences and purposes
with limited effectiveness
communicates for different audiences and purposes
with some effectiveness
communicates for different audiences and purposes with considerable effectiveness
communicates for different audiences and purposes with a high degree of effectiveness
uses conventions, vocabulary, and terminology of the discipline with a high degree of effectiveness
Application – The use of knowledge and skills to make connections within and between various contexts
The student:
applies knowledge and skills in familiar contexts with limited effectiveness
applies knowledge and skills in familiar contexts with some effectiveness
applies knowledge and skills in familiar contexts with considerable effectiveness
applies knowledge and skills in familiar contexts with a high degree of effectiveness
transfers knowl- edge and skills to unfamiliar contexts with a high degree of effectiveness
makes connections between science, technology, society, and the environment with a high degree of effectiveness
proposes highly effective courses of practical action
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS – THE ACHIEVEMENT CHART
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