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Question Time The Question Time task allows students to demonstrate their ability to develop questions that give opportunities for more elaborate replies and information given. Students will complete this task working in groups. The resource required for this task is a photo of a policeman and police women with a police dog. This task is a part of the Oral Presentations task series from 1996 by NEMP. |
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Questioning the Causes of the War of 1812 In this task, students will come up with questions about the cause of the War of 1812 by comparing voting patterns with President Madison's War Message to Congress. This task includes: |
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Quick Way The Quick Way task allows students to demonstrate their computational strategies and their ability to identify patterns. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include four pictures. 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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Quiz Board The Quiz Board task allows students to demonstrate their ability to evaluate technological solutions. Students will connect wires on two boards to make a light and a buzzer work work. They will then decide if it is better to use the light or the buzzer on a quiz board. Students will complete this task working in groups. The resources required for this task are two "quiz boards" with push buttons, batteries, a buzzer, and a light. 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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Racquet Strike The Racquet Strike task allows students to demonstrate their hitting skills. Students will complete this task working in open space. The resources required for this task are four cones, a tennis racquet, and a floor plan. 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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Raffle Tickets The Raffle Tickets task allows students to demonstrate their multiplication skills through an activity involving raffle tickets and calculating cost. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task include three booklets of raffle tickets and an answer booklet. 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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Raincoats The Raincoats task allows students to experiment and determine which of four fabrics is best for a raincoat. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task include a dropper bottle with water, a clock, paper towels, and four squares of fabric [lining material (Marked A); water-resistant nylon (B); cotton (C); felt (D)]. This task is a part of the Material World task series from 1995 by NEMP. |
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Rainy Day The Rainy Day task allows students to demonstrate their ability to create and depict an expressive image appropriate to a defined context (rainy day) and a demonstrated print making process. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a demonstration video, a protective cover sheet, paper towels, four sheets of newsprint paper, a blue greasy crayon, a pencil, a card plate, a brayer, a tube of red ink, and an inking plate. This task is to be completed in thirty minutes. This task is a part of the Making Art 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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Rangi The Rangi task allows students to demonstrate their ability to read and interpret a street map effectively. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a map, a street list, and a red pencil. 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. |
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Rappish Chant The Rappish Chant task allows students to demonstrate their ability to fit words to beat. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are a video on a laptop computer, and four word charts, and a special performance card. This task is a part of the Knowing and Making: Creating, Playing Singing task series from 2008. 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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