4C super skill | Examples of Elaboration student activities |
Critical thinking and problem solving | ・ Look for deeper meaning of concepts they are introduced to ・ Search the Internet for further points connected to or are relevant to what is being learnt ・ Challenge current understanding ・ Questioning and correct misperceptions ・ Apply what is taught to solve new problems ・ Apply theory to real-life experiences |
Communicating | ・ Talk more about a topic that has been discussed previously ・ Practise using formal language correctly ・ Discuss extension of a concept ・ Describe and demonstrate a process ・ Share your understanding of how a digital learning game helps learning ・ Create a media-rich presentation and share it with other students |
Collaborating | ・ Challenge pears in a team to tell more ・ Work in a team to broaden what is being learnt ・ Share understandings of what has been learnt ・ Work together to solve a problem. ・ Publish to all members of your virtual community a problem you have encountered when learning and seek their assistance |
Creating and innovating | ・ Raise new issues for discussion ・ Apply skills learn to new contexts ・ Extend current learning to new areas ・ Apply knowledge learnt in one Key Learning Area (KLA) to several other KLAs ・ Design and complete a rich learning task ・ Telegraph new ideas ・ Develop and use new terminology ・ Try new skills ・ Practice injury prevention in the playground at your school by drawing up a few simple rules ・ Create a video documenting a community event in which your class or school participated |