establishing questions and/or hypotheses to form the basis of an investigation into a selected issue or event (for example, by asking questions about why it is increasingly important for businesses to seek a competitive advantage or establishing a hypothesis such as: ‘The export of locally made products will greatly benefit the local community’)
devising the steps needed for an investigation and modifying the questions and the plan to respond to changing circumstances
generating ideas about possible class or school projects and collaboratively developing a plan to guide the project