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Health and physical education / Year 7 and 8 / Movement and Physical Activity / Learning through movement

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Evaluate and justify reasons for decisions and choices of action when solving movement challenges (ACPMP087)

Elaborations
  • explaining and justifying the movement concepts and strategies selected in response to movement challenges
  • demonstrating to others the approach taken to solve movement challenges
  • identifying factors that enabled them to achieve success in movement activities and explaining how these factors can be transferred to other learning contexts
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

Evaluation,  Decision making,  Resilience,  Fundamental movement skills

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