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Climate Change The Climate Change task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a key and create new meanings. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a poster and a card. This task is a part of the Thinking About and Using Information task series from 2009 by NEMP. |
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Clown Show The Clown Show task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify key information in a poster. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a picture and a recording book. This task is a part of the Clarifying Information Needs 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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Consumer Kids The Consumer Kids task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use information to make choices. Students will complete this task working stations. The resources required for this task are a chart, a placement board, eight cards, and an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Thinking About and Using Information 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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Dictionary Find The Dictionary Find task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use a dictionary. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a dictionary. This task is a part of the Finding and Gathering Information 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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Disasters The Disasters task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use a computer encyclopedia to find information. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are the New Zealand Encyclopedia on a laptop computer, a cue card, and a timer. This task is a part of the Finding and Gathering Information 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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Earthquake Survival Plan The Earthquake Survival Plan task allows students to demonstrate their ability to justify appropriate information sources. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are a set of twelve pictures and a chart. This task is a part of the Clarifying Information Needs 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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Everyday Detective The Everyday Detective task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify appropriate information sources. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are six cards. This task is a part of the Finding and Gathering Information 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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Famous People The Famous People task allows students to demonstrate their ability to find information in an encyclopedia. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are the Oxford Children's Pocket Book of Knowledge and a timer. This task is a part of the Finding and Using Information from Books task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Fiji and Niue The Fiji and Niue task allows students to demonstrate their ability to find and compare information in similar texts. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are two books, two pair answer sheets, and one team answer sheet. This task is a part of the Thinking About and Using Information 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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Fire Fighters Project The Fire Fighters Project task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify appropriate questions for a purpose. Students will complete this task working in stations. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Asking Appropriate Questions task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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