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Red Poppies The Red Poppies task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of how community activities reflect heritage. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a red poppy This task is a part of the Identity, Culture, Heritage 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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Reflections The Reflections task allows students to investigate the properties of reflections through the concave side of a spoon. Students will answer five questions to demonstrate comprehension. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a large spoon. This task is a part of the Physical World task series from 1995 by NEMP. |
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Refugees The Refugees task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of refugees and their response to a change in environment. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video, a picture, and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Place and Environment 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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Refugees The Refugees task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of the adjustments in the lives of refugees settling in New Zealand. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are a video and a picture chart. This task is a part of the Interaction and Change task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Relief Map The Relief Map task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of geographic maps. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a physical relief map of New Zealand, a list of words, and a recording book. This task is a part of the Place and Environment 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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Renting a Car The Renting a Car task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a table. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a rate card. This task is a part of the Interpretation of Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 2003. 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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Riis' Urban Photography This task assesses students’ ability to source, contextualize, and corroborate a document from the Industrial era. Students are asked to consider how contextual information could affect the reliability of Jacob Riis' photography. Then, students must think of other information they would like to know about Riis or the circumstances surrounding the photograph in order to further evaluate their reliability. Resources available for this task include downloadable PDF versions of both the assessment as well as the Rubric with benchmark descriptors |
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Rimu Logs The Rimu Logs task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of problem resolution. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video recording and a laptop computer. 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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Ripeka The Ripeka task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify underlying issues in a story and suggest a remedy for the underlying and consequent problems. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a video. This task is a part of the Interaction and Change task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Risk Plan The Risk Plan task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use information to develop a plan. Students will complete this task working in groups. The resources required for this task are a completed risk management plan, a team answer sheet, and two camp brochures. 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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