Identify current personal knowledge, gaps, misconceptions, currency of information, personal perspective and possible perspectives of others (WAHASS79)

Construct, select and evaluate a range of questions and hypotheses involving cause and effect, patterns and trends, and different perspectives (WAHASS80)

Analyse and clarify the purpose of an inquiry using appropriate methodologies, ethical protocols and concepts to plan for, and inform, an investigation (WAHASS81)

Use a range of methods to collect, select, record and organise relevant and reliable information and/or data from multiple sources that reflects the type of analysis of information that is needed (e.g. questionnaires, surveys, emails, discussion lists, tables, field sketches, annotated diagrams), with and without the use of digital and spatial technologies (WAHASS82)

Identify the origin, purpose and context of primary sources and/or secondary sources (WAHASS83)

Use appropriate ethical protocols, including specific formats for acknowledging other  people's information and understand that these  formats vary between organisations (WAHASS84)

Draw evidence-based conclusions by evaluating information and/or data, taking into account ambiguities and multiple perspectives; to negotiate and resolve contentious issues; to propose individual and collective action in response to contemporary events, challenges, developments, issues, problems and/or phenomena (WAHASS90)

Critically evaluate information and/or data and ideas from a range of sources to make generalisations and inferences; propose explanations for patterns, trends, relationships and anomalies; predict outcomes (WAHASS91)

Select a range of appropriate formats based on their effectiveness to suit audience and purpose, using relevant digital technologies as appropriate (WAHASS92)

Develop texts, particularly explanations and discussions, using evidence from a range of sources to support conclusions and/or arguments (WAHASS93)

Deconstruct and reconstruct the collected information and/or data into a form that identifies the relationship between the information and the hypothesis, using subject-specific conventions, terminology and concepts (WAHASS94)

Compare evidence to substantiate judgements (e.g. use information and/or data from different places or times; use tables, graphs, models, theories) (WAHASS95)

Generate a range of viable options in response to an issue or event to recommend and justify a course of action, and predict the potential consequences of the proposed action (WAHASS96)

Reflect on why all findings are tentative (e.g. the changing nature of knowledge, changes in circumstances, changes in values) (WAHASS97)

Use criteria to analyse the reliability, bias, usefulness and currency of primary sources and/or secondary sources (WAHASS85)

Analyse information and/or data in different formats (e.g. to explain cause and effect relationships, comparisons, categories and subcategories, change over time) (WAHASS86)

Account for different interpretations and points of view/perspectives in information and/or data (e.g. from tables, statistics, graphs, models, cartoons, maps, timelines, newspapers) (WAHASS87)

Analyse the 'big picture' (e.g. put information and/or data into different contexts, reconstruct information by identifying new relationships, identify missing viewpoints or gaps in knowledge) (WAHASS88)

Apply subject-specific skills and concepts in familiar, new and hypothetical situations (WAHASS89)