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Pair Trees The Pair Trees task allows students to demonstrate their ability to work collaboratively to make decisions on the choice of artworks suited to a particular purpose. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are sets of five pictures of trees, four copies of decision-making cards, and a recording sheet. This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 2007. 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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Paper Folds The Paper Folds task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of spatial relationships. Students will be shown a sheet of paper that has been folded twice and hole punched once. They will then draw where they think the holes will be when they unfold the paper. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a folded, stapled paper with a hole punch. This task is a part of the Geometry task series from 2001 by NEMP. |
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Parliament The Parliament task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of the New Zealand government. 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 Social Organization 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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Parts of Speech The Parts of Speech task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify parts of speech. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a sentence card. This task is a part of the Writing Conventions 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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Party Time The Party Time task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write invitation cards. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a blank invitation card and an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Functional Writing task series from 1998 by NEMP. |
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Party Time The Party Time task allows students to demonstrate their ability to add costs and calculate change. Students will calculate the cost of the items they need to purchase and determine the amount of change they will be given if they pay with a $5 and $10 bill. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are priced packets of candles, balloons, sweet bags, and invitations, and a calculator. This task is a part of the Measurement 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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Paul Dibble The Paul Dibble task allows students to demonstrate their ability to form their own viewpoint on an artwork after considering others' viewpoints. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video recording, a laptop computer, and a picture. This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 2007. 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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Pebbles Packet The Pebbles Packet task allows students to demonstrate their ability to measure and calculate length and volume. Students will measure a Pebbles box, calculate its volume, and determine the dimensions and volume of a crate that will hold ten Pebbles boxes. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a "Pebbles" box, a ruler, and a calculator. This task is a part of the Measurement task series from 2001 by NEMP. |
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Peg Basket The Peg Basket task allows students to demonstrate their ability to explain design features of a plastic peg basket. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a plan, a peg basket kitset, and pegs This task is a part of the Technological Knowledge & Understanding task series from 2000 by NEMP. |
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Pen Friends In the Pen Friends task, students will exchange letters with students in Japan. They will learn and understand about the culture, school life and so forth both their own country and others’. They also learn the skill of language and possibly make a life long friend. |
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