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Pets The Pets task allows students to demonstrate their ability to make a key for a bar graph. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a set of stickers and a bar graph in a recording book. This task is a part of the Construction or Completing 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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Phone Cards The Phone Cards task allows students to demonstrate their ability to complete a line graph. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are an incomplete graph and a text. This task is a part of the Construction or Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1995 by NEMP. |
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Pirate Map The Pirate Map task allows students to demonstrate their ability to make a map. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a ruler and a map in a work book. This task is a part of the Construction of Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps 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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Pirate Treasure The Pirate Treasure task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a map, including a grid reference, and record responses on the computer. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a computer, a mouse, a mouse pad, headphones, and the Hypercard program. This task is a part of the Construction or Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Playground Map The Playground Map task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a map. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a red pen and a map in a recording book. 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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Pocket Money The Pocket Money task allows students to demonstrate their ability to label a four segment pie graph. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a laptop computer, a mouse, a mouse pad, headphones, and the Hypercard program. This task is a part of the Construction of Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Population Change The Population Change task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a bar graph. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a laptop computer and task software. 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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Queenstown Combos The Queenstown Combos 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 brochure. This task is a part of the Interpretations of Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 2007 by NEMP. |
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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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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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