APPENDIX 7
VERMONT FRAMEWORK OF STANDARDS
AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Vital Results
Communication Standards:
- Reads to understand and reads critically to interpret a variety of materials
- Writes effectively for a variety of purposes
- Listens actively for a variety of purposes
- Expresses self with power and purpose
- Uses the tools of information technology to communicate
Reasoning and Problem-Solving Standards:
- Asks meaningful questions
- Chooses and uses effective means of solving problems
- Approaches problem solving with an open mind, healthy skepticism, and persistence
- Thinks abstractly and creatively
Personal Development Standards:
- Develops a sense of unique worth and personal competence
- Makes healthy choices
- Makes informed decisions
- Develops productive and satisfying relationships with others
- Demonstrates the skills necessary to participate in the workplace
Civic/Social Responsibility Standards:
- Learns by serving others, and participates in democratic processes
- Respects and values human diversity as part of our multicultural society and world
- Understands continuity and changes
Fields of Knowledge
Arts, Language, and Literature Standards:
- Critical Response
- Literature and Media
- The English Language
- Non-Native Language
- Artistic Process
- Elements, Forms, and Techniques in the Arts
History and Social Sciences Standards:
- Critical Evaluation
- History
- Geography
- Citizenship
- Diversity and Unity
- Economics
- Conflicts and Conflict Resolution
- Identity and Interdependence
Science, Mathematics, and Technology Standards:
- Inquiry, Experimentation, and Theory
- Mathematical Understanding
- Mathematical Problem Solving and Reasoning
- Systems
- Space, Time, and Matter
- The Living World
- The Universe, Earth, and the Environment
- Design and Technology
| Source: | Vermont Department of Education. (1996, Spring). Vermont's Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities. Montpelier: Author. |