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Boxes in Boxes In the Boxes in Boxes task, students will determine how many small boxes of various items will fit in a bigger box. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are an open rectangular box, three boxes of raisins, two packets of Fruit Bursts, five Minties (cubes), a ruler, and a calculator. This task is a part of the Number task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Broken Ruler The Broken Ruler task allows students to demonstrate their ability to measure length. Students will measure objects using a piece of a ruler that does not start at zero. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a"broken” ruler, a 40cm length of ribbon, a piece of colored card, and a recording book. This task is a part of the Measurement task series from 2001 by NEMP. |
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Burger Lunch The Burger Lunch task allows students to demonstrate their money sense. Students will select which items from a menu that they would order, calculate the total cost, and calculate how much change they would get back, Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a menu card. This task is a part of the Money task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Calculating Order The Calculating Order task allows students to demonstrate their ability to put numbers into ascending order. In this task students will be given six pictures of calculators showing different answers and will arranging these in order from smallest to largest answer. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are six pictures or red calculators, six pictures of blue calculators, and a recording book. This task is a part of the Number task series from 2001. 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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Calculator Changes The Calculator Changes task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of operations and their ability to add, subtract, divide, and multiply. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a Macintosh Powerbook 5300cs laptop computer with specially written Hypercard® program, a cue card for using the program, and a prompt card containing initial instructions. This task is a part of the Number task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Calculator Tasks The Calculator Tasks task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use a calculator to add, subtract, divide, multiply and use decimals. Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is a calculator. This task is a part of the Number task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Calendars The Calendars task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of calendars and how to interpret them. Students will answer a series of questions using a calendar. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a calendar. This task is a part of the Number task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Car Box The Car Box task allows students to demonstrate their measurement sense by measuring and determining which box would fit the toy car. Students will complete this task working stations. The resources required for this task are a ruler, a toy car, and paper. This task is a part of the Measurements task series from 2005 by NEMP. |
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Chocolate Bars The Chocolate Bars task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of division and equalities. In this task students are asked to divide three (paper) chocolate bars between four people. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are four paper plates, three pictures of chocolate bars (two unites wide and four units long), scissors, and glue sticks. This task is a part of the Number task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Chocolate Fractions The Chocolate Fractions task allows students to calculate fractions using chocolate bars.Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include four chocolate bars (some broken in to pieces and some whole), five fraction problem cards, and a photo. 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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