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Fence The Fence task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use algebraic reasoning to solve a problem through a fence making activity. Students will complete this task working stations. The resources required for this task are sixteen fence sticks. This task is a part of the Number & Algebra task series from 2005. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Fishing Competition (Y4) The Fishing Competition (Y4) task allows students to demonstrate their ability to compare weights. Students will be shown fish on scales and will need to read the weight on the scales to determine the three heaviest fish.. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are six pictures of fish on weighing scales. This task is a part of the Measurement task series from 2001 by NEMP. |
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Floor Tiles The Floor Tiles task allows students to demonstrate their ability to calculate and estimate areas. Students will be shown a tile and asked how many would be need to cover the area of various rooms. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a square tile, a ruler, and a pencil. This task is a part of the Number task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Folded Box In the Folded Box task, students will watch a short instructional video and then create a box out of paper. Students will complete this task in stations. The resources required for this task are scissors, a sheet of blue paper marked in squares, and an instructional video. This task is a part of the Geometry task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Fraction Problems The Fraction Problems task allows students to demonstrate their ability to calculate fractions. Students will add and subtract fractions (3rd grade) and multiply and divide fractions (7th grade). Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Number & Algebra task series from 2009 by NEMP. |
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Fractions The Fractions task allows students to demonstrate their ability to calculate fractions through a worksheet. Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Number task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Fractions The Fractions task allows students to demonstrate their ability to calculate fractions through a worksheet. Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Number & Algebra task series from 2005 by NEMP. |
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Fractions The Fractions task allows students to demonstrate their ability to calculate fractions through a worksheet. Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Number task series from 2001 by NEMP. |
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Fractious Fractions (Y4) The Fractious Fractions (Y4) task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of fractions using multilink blocks. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are twenty-four blocks and four cards. This task is a part of the Number & Algebra task series from 2009. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Geometry Items The Geometry Items task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of various geometry topics through multiple choice and free-response style questions. Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Geometry task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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