In this video, Dr. Matt Capp breaks down the Australian Curriculum (V9.0) by examining the meaning of cognitive verbs, key terminology, and the guidance provided in the Content Descriptions and elaborations. To use the curriculum rigorously and accurately, teachers must identify the essential skills to model and the knowledge that needs to be explicitly taught. They also need to clarify what students should—and should not—demonstrate as evidence of learning, while recognising that construct-irre