It is vital that students learn to think about what makes things the same and what makes them different.
When comparing and contrasting, students are likely to be:
- noticing and describing
- explaining and justifying
- thinking analytically
- finding relationships
- using logic
- focussing on important features.
For example, ask your students to compare and contrast these two images of clocks.
You can download Compare and Contrast: Content Descriptions which gives ideas for each year level, with sample content descriptions.
