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Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Triathlon

The Triathlon task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a table. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a picture from a Weetbix packet.

This task is a part of the Construction or Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps 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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Tripping Around

The Tripping Around task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a map showing driving distances between towns and cities. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a map.

This task is a part of the Interpretation of Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 2003. 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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Whats for Lunch

The Whats for Lunch task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a bar graph. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a bar graph.

This task is a part of the Interpretation of Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1995 by NEMP.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Zzz

The Zzz task allows students to demonstrate their ability to construct a graph. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a bar graph in a recording book and a ruler.

This task is a part of the Construction or Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 2003 by NEMP.

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