VELS Level 4 – Stages of Learning: Building Breadth and Depth

Level 4

Middle Years

(Yrs 5-8)

In Years 5 to 8 (building breadth and depth) where students progress beyond the foundations, their literacy and numeracy becomes more sophisticated, and important discipline-based and interdisciplinary capacities are progressively introduced.

Key characteristics of students

Level 4

Key characteristics of students at this level include:

• assuming leadership responsibilities
• developing self-efficacy skills
• specialising and differentiating between domains
• managing new situations and problem-solving
• learning deeply through extended projects to build flexible thinking and learning strategies
• exploring concepts that allow for several points of view
• demonstrating a preference for more specialised intelligences

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