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Number Items C The Number Items C task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of numbers and operations 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 Number task series from 2001 by NEMP. |
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Number Line Game (Y4) The Number Line Game (Y4) task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of fractions, decimals, and percentages through a game. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are two felt boards, two sets of eight cards, and two recording sheets. This task is a part of the Number & Algebra task series from 2005 by NEMP. |
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Number Line Places The Number Line Places task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of fractions, decimals, and percentages through a computer program. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a computer program and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Number & Algebra task series from 2009 by NEMP. |
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Number Line Y4 The Number Line (Y4) task allows students to demonstrate their ability to correctly place fractions on a number line. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are three cards (each with a fraction), a number line ranging from 0 to 1, and a recording book. This task is a part of the Number task series from 2001 by NEMP. |
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Number Patterns The Number Patterns task allows students to demonstrate their ability to assess numbers in a sequence by completing some number patterns . 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. 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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Number Patterns The Number Patterns task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of patterns by filling in the missing numbers in patterns. Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Algebra, Statistics, and Logic task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Number and Word Problems The Number and Word Problems task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of a variety of topics through multiple choice questions. 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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Numbers in Squares The Numbers in Squares task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify patterns, add, and explain their methods. Students will be given a sample two by two cell number square with the numbers in the cells being totaled horizontally, vertically, and diagonally. Students will then be given another square with totals and have to determine what numbers go in the cells. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are fifty plastic beans, sample number square, and two number squares.. This task is a part of the Number task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Nut Cracker The Nut Cracker task allows students to describe the features of two different nutcrackers and evaluate them. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are two nut crackers and a bag of walnuts. This task is a part of the Technological Capabilities task series from 2000. 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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Ocean Journey The Ocean Journey task allows students to learn about navigation methods using observations of the sun, moon, stars, wind patterns, ocean currents, etc. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include two pictures. This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond task series from 2003 by NEMP. |
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