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Hit the Wickets The Hit the Wickets task allows students to demonstrate their accurate throwing skills Students will complete this task working in open space. The resources required for this task are a set of Kiwisport wickets and three small balls. This task is a part of the Movement Concepts and Motor Skills task series from 2002 by NEMP. |
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Holiday Drive The Holiday Drive task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a time and distance line graph. Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resource required for this task. This task is a part of the Construction or Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Homes The Homes task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of differences between environments. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a picture. This task is a part of the Place and Environment task series from 2005 by NEMP. |
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Hoops The Hoops task allows students to demonstrate their throwing, catching, and spinning skills. Students will complete this task working in open space. The resources required for this task are a small hoop and a large hoop. This task is a part of the Movement Concepts & Motor Skills task series from 2006. 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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Houses The Houses task allows students to demonstrate their ability to understand a house plan and relate it to the house's appearance. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a house plan and five pictures. This task is a part of the Construction or Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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How Fit? In the How Fit? task, students will design a plan to test their own fitness. Students will complete this task working in stations. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Personal Health and Physical Development task series from 1998 by NEMP. |
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How Much Could It Hold? The How Much Could It Hold? task allows students to demonstrate their ability to estimate capacity using typical household items. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are four containers (milk bottle, yogurt pottle, juice packet, medicine container) and an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Measurement 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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How does it Work: Thermometer The How does it Work: Thermometer task allows students to explain the operation of measuring instrument and predict the effects of alterations of its components. Students will answer five questions. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a thermometer. This task is a part of the Physical World task series from 1999. 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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How to Get to Ani's Place The How to Get to Ani's Place task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write instructions. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a map. This task is a part of the Functional Writing task series from 2006. 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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Hoyts Answer Phone The Hoyts Answer Phone task allows students to demonstrate their ability to recall audio information. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is an audio answer phone message presented on a videotape. This task is a part of the Listening task series from 1998. 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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