MPACT Standards
ADVANCED RESEARCH SKILLS
ARS 1: Students investigate topics of interest and select appropriate research tools and methods.
ARS 2: Students formulate original and appropriate questions when researching.
ARS 3: Students develop and use systematic procedures for recording and organizing information.
ARS 4: Students document and cite references and resources.
ADVANCED COMMUNICATION SKILLS
ACS 1: Students use written, spoken, and technological media to convey new learning.
ACS 2: Students produce written and/or oral work, including products and presentations, that is complex, purposeful, and organized, and that synthesize information.
ACS 3: Students participate in small group discussions and support and defend his/her own opinions while respecting the opinions of others.
ACS 4: Students use self-reflection and/or self-evaluation.
CREATIVE THINKING & CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
CPS 1: Students design, apply, and evaluate a variety of innovative strategies when problem-solving
CPS 2: Students use brainstorming and other idea-generating techniques to solve problems or create new products.
CPS 3: Students develop original ideas, presentations, or products.
CPS 4: Students independently or through collaboration with classmates, clarify, illustrate, or elaborate on an idea.
CPS 5: Students tolerate ambiguity and recognize and assume risks as a necessary part of problem solving.
HIGHER ORDER CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
HOCTS 1: Students ask probing, insightful, and relevant questions.
HOCTS 2: Students respond to questions with supporting information that reflects in-depth knowledge of a topic.
HOCTS 3: Students make and evaluate decisions using criteria.
HOCTS 4: Students examine an issue from more than one point of view.
HOCTS 5: Students draw conclusions based upon relevant information while discarding irrelevant information.
HOCTS 6: Students identify and illustrate basic principles and the foundational concepts that are central to understanding the essence of a field of study.
HOCTS 7: Students recognize that the responsibility to examine and challenge existing ideas and theories is an ongoing process.
ARS 1: Students investigate topics of interest and select appropriate research tools and methods.
ARS 2: Students formulate original and appropriate questions when researching.
ARS 3: Students develop and use systematic procedures for recording and organizing information.
ARS 4: Students document and cite references and resources.
ADVANCED COMMUNICATION SKILLS
ACS 1: Students use written, spoken, and technological media to convey new learning.
ACS 2: Students produce written and/or oral work, including products and presentations, that is complex, purposeful, and organized, and that synthesize information.
ACS 3: Students participate in small group discussions and support and defend his/her own opinions while respecting the opinions of others.
ACS 4: Students use self-reflection and/or self-evaluation.
CREATIVE THINKING & CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
CPS 1: Students design, apply, and evaluate a variety of innovative strategies when problem-solving
CPS 2: Students use brainstorming and other idea-generating techniques to solve problems or create new products.
CPS 3: Students develop original ideas, presentations, or products.
CPS 4: Students independently or through collaboration with classmates, clarify, illustrate, or elaborate on an idea.
CPS 5: Students tolerate ambiguity and recognize and assume risks as a necessary part of problem solving.
HIGHER ORDER CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
HOCTS 1: Students ask probing, insightful, and relevant questions.
HOCTS 2: Students respond to questions with supporting information that reflects in-depth knowledge of a topic.
HOCTS 3: Students make and evaluate decisions using criteria.
HOCTS 4: Students examine an issue from more than one point of view.
HOCTS 5: Students draw conclusions based upon relevant information while discarding irrelevant information.
HOCTS 6: Students identify and illustrate basic principles and the foundational concepts that are central to understanding the essence of a field of study.
HOCTS 7: Students recognize that the responsibility to examine and challenge existing ideas and theories is an ongoing process.