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ANZAC Day The ANZAC Day task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify information needs for a purpose. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a picture of a webpage. This task is a part of the Clarifying Information Needs 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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ANZAC Day Talk The ANZAC Day Talk task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify information needs for a purpose. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a picture of a web page. This task is a part of the Clarifying Information Needs task series from 2005 by NEMP. |
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Animals of the World The Animals of the World task allows students to demonstrate their ability to classify a set of cards into appropriate groups. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are twenty-one picture cards, an envelope, an instruction card, six folders, and four ballpoint pens. This task is a part of the Analyzing and Classifying Information task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Atlas(Y4) The Atlas(Y4) task allows students to demonstrate their understanding and ability to use an atlas. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a book, a recording book, maps, and a name card. This task is a part of the Finding and Gathering Information task series from 2005 by NEMP. |
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Atlas(Y8) The Atlas(Y8) task allows students to demonstrate their understanding and ability to use an atlas. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a book, a recording book, maps, and name cards. This task is a part of the Finding and Gathering Information task series from 2005 by NEMP. |
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Auckland Visit The Auckland Visit task allows students to demonstrate their ability to find information in a visitor's guide using the table of contents and headings. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is the Auckland Visitors Guide . This task is a part of the Finding and Using Information from Books task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Bats (Y4) The Bats (Y4) task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use information sources and search processes. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a video recording, a laptop computer, and a cartoon card. This task is a part of the Finding and Gathering Information 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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Bats (Y8) The Bats (Y8) task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use information sources, search processes, and repot findings. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a video recording, a laptop computer, and a cartoon card. This task is a part of the Finding and Gathering Information 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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Best Book The Best Book task allows students to demonstrate their ability to select information from a library catalogue. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are five catalogue records and an answer booklet. 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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Bird Book The Bird Book task allows students to demonstrate their ability to find information in a reference book. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a book, a picture, a bird name card, and a recording book. This task is a part of the Finding and Gathering Information task series from 2005 by NEMP. |
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