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Reflect on investigations, including whether a test was fair or not (ACSIS069)

Elaborations
  • reflecting on investigations, identifying what went well, what was difficult or didn't work so well, and how well the investigation helped answer the question
  • discussing which aspects of the investigation helped improve fairness, and any aspects that weren't fair
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Evaluation,  Experiments

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