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Splash Planet The Splash Planet task allows students to demonstrate their ability to find information via the internet. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a computer program, a laptop computer, and a prompt card. This task is a part of the Finding and Gathering Information task series from 2005 by NEMP. |
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Stop Look Think The Stop Look Think task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret visual information. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a road traffic picture. This task is a part of the Analyzing and Using 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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Sushi The Sushi task allows students to demonstrate their ability to sort and sequence a process. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a video recording, a laptop computer, a set of 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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Transportation The Transportation task allows students to demonstrate their ability to find information in an encyclopedia. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are the Oxford Children’s Pocket Book of Knowledge and a recording book. 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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Treaty Search The Treaty Search task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use a computer encyclopedia to find information. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a laptop computer, the New Zealand Encyclopedia software, a cue card, and a timer. This task is a part of the Finding and Using Information from Non-Book Resources task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Water The Water task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use book covers to identify an appropriate book, find the appropriate page numbers using the indexes, and use the tables of content to identify which chapters to look in. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are book covers, tables of contents and indexes for three books, and a card listing questions. This task is a part of the Identifying Appropriate Sources of Information task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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What Happened When? The What Happened When? 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 a laptop computer, the New Zealand Encyclopedia software, a cue card, and a timer. This task is a part of the Finding and Using Information from Non-Book Resources task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Where in the Library The Where in the Library task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify appropriate resources in a library. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a computer program and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Finding and Gathering Information task series from 2005 by NEMP. |
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Whereabouts The Whereabouts task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify appropriate sources of information. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Analyzing and Using 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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Which Book (Y8) The Which Book (Y8) task allows students to demonstrate their ability to choosing appropriate reference books for a task. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are front covers of a dictionary, a thesaurus, an atlas, and an encyclopedia. This task is a part of the Analyzing and Using 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.v |
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