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Competency A: Find and Use Information
Task Group A2: Interpret documents
Level: 3
At this level, learners:
Interpret somewhat complex documents to connect, evaluate, and integrate information

Performance Descriptors

The learner:

• Performs complex searches using multiple search criteria
• Manages unfamiliar elements (e.g. vocabulary, context, topic) to complete tasks
• Integrates several pieces of information from documents
• Compares or contrasts information between two or more documents
• Uses layout to locate information
• Identifies the purpose and relevance of documents
• Begins to recognize bias in displays, such as graphs
• Makes inferences and draws conclusions from information displays
• Identifies sources, evaluates and integrates information

Task Descriptors

• Scope of task may not be clearly defined
• May involve more than one document
• Uses a somewhat complex format
• Displays many categories of information
• Contains sub-headings or subparts
• Can vary in length
• May include unfamiliar elements (e.g. vocabulary, context, topic)
• May contain specialized vocabulary
• Documents at this level may contain a paragraph or more of text

Examples:

• Forms
• Tables
• Timelines
• Graphs
• Maps
• Flow charts

ESKARGO:
Embedded Skills, Knowledge and Attitudes Reference Guide for Ontario – A2.3

Competency C: Understand and Use Numbers
Task Group C4: Manage data
Level: 2
At this level, learners: Make low-level inferences to organize, make summary calculations, and represent data

Performance Descriptors
The learner:

• Calculates using numbers expressed as whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percentages, and integers
• Understands and uses ratio and proportion
• Makes estimates
• Finds ranges for data sets
• Calculates averages (mean) and percentages
• Identifies medians and modes
• Collects, organizes, and represents data using simple tables and graphs
• Interprets rates (e.g. crime rates) and ratios (e.g. shots–on-net to goals)
• Interprets, represents, and converts values using whole numbers, decimals, percentages, ratios, and simple, common fractions (e.g. ½, ¼)
• Chooses and performs required operation(s); may make inferences to identify required operation(s)
• Selects appropriate steps to solutions
• Recognizes patterns and begins to identify trends in data (e.g. population, crime, demographic, inventory, injury)
• Uses strategies to check accuracy (e.g. estimating, using a calculator, repeating a calculation, using the reverse operation)

Task Descriptors

• Scope of task is clearly defined
• May include unfamiliar elements (e.g. context, content)
• Requires the use of rates, or requires two or more operations, where operations are easily inferred
• Requires up to a few steps to complete
• May be completed in more than one way
• May involve one document (e.g. simple table, simple bar graph)
• May require calculating percentages
• May require converting between whole numbers, decimals, fractions, ratios, and percentages

ESKARGO:
Embedded Skills, Knowledge and Attitudes Reference Guide for Ontario – C4.2