SCQF LEVEL DESCRIPTORS - SQA

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SCQF LEVEL DESCRIPTORS //////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////////////CONTENT SFOREWORD 01LEVEL DESCRIPTORS INTRODUCTION 02-03GLOSSARY 04-07BY CHARACTERISTIC 08CHARACTERISTIC 1: KNOWLEDGE AND understanding 08 / 09CHARACTERISTIC 2: PRACTICE: APPLIED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND understanding 10 / 11CHARACTERISTIC 3: GENERIC COGNITIVE SKILLS 12 / 13CHARACTERISTIC 4: COMMUNICATION, ICT AND NUMERACY SKILLS 14 / 15CHARACTERISTIC 5: AUTONOMY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND WORKING WITH OTHERS 16 / 17BY LEVEL 18LEVEL 1 & LEVEL 2 18 / 19LEVEL 3 & LEVEL 4 20 / 21LEVEL 5 & LEVEL 6 22 / 23LEVEL 7 & LEVEL 8 24 / 25LEVEL 9 & LEVEL 10 26 / 27LEVEL 11 & LEVEL 12 28 / 01////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////// ///////////////////////////////////The LEVEL DESCRIPTORS are the building blocks with which the SCQF is constructed and, as the Framework itself seeks to be utilised in the widest possible range of assessed learning in Scotland, they need to be inclusive.

worked throughout the process checking and rechecking understanding and buy-in from the wide range of stakeholders which led to this final version. The SCQF is Scotland’s Lifelong Learning Framework. It was developed in 2001 to provide an agreed means of recognising and valuing learning. It

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