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Investigative architecture·Medium cognitive demand·20–40 minutes

Case File

Assemble fragmented evidence into a defensible account while keeping provenance and uncertainty visible.

Knowledge
Evidential · Causal · Interpretive
Sequence
Guided Construction · Disciplinary Application
Interaction
Medium

Assemble fragmented evidence into a defensible account while keeping provenance and uncertainty visible. Case File is selected when its reasoning mechanism matches an accepted learning requirement and produces evidence a teacher can inspect.

01How the architecture unfolds

  1. Issue the enquiry and incomplete file.
  2. Attribute and annotate each evidence item.
  3. Group evidence by the claims it could support.
  4. Resolve contradictions or preserve uncertainty.
  5. Submit an account with a confidence audit.

02The work on each side

Teacher moves

  • Keep the target reasoning visible
  • Press for evidence at consequential decisions
  • Use the final product to diagnose the next move

Student moves

  • Notice
  • Construct
  • Test
  • Revise
  • Justify

03What would count as learning?

  • Students distinguish evidence from inference
  • The final account cites provenance and unresolved uncertainty

04Across the curriculum

History

Cold-case historical enquiry

Case File applies its sequence to Cold-case historical enquiry so the disciplinary reasoning remains visible.

Science

Ecological field evidence

Case File applies its sequence to Ecological field evidence so the disciplinary reasoning remains visible.