Performance Tasks provide opportunities for your students to demonstrate their learning at the conclusion of a unit.
Performance Tasks provide teachers with:
- a deeper understanding of what their students know and what should be done to further their learning;
- a method of evaluation which is more interesting and relevant (real world context) to students than other assessment methods;
- a method of both discovering what students know and observing how they can apply the knowledge (use of strategies);
- an efficient way to evaluate students;
- an adaptable method of assessing a variety of student talents and abilities (differentiation);
- a more engaging and active way of learning (multi-sensory approach).
Performance Tasks encourage students to:
YouTube Video: Common Core Performance Tasks
1. Understand the Problem
-important information from the problem
-helpful information you already know
-what you need to do or find out
2. Make a plan
-represent problem with model, diagram, table or equation
-choose a math tool to help
-choose a strategy
3. Carry out the plan
-follow the steps to solve the problem
-check each step as you go
-show all your work
4. Look back and explain
-re-read question and think about your answer
-does it make sense and is it reasonable
-share your answer and include your strategy
These are all inexplicably tied to the Math Processes and are our common "look fors" during our evaluation of student performance.
An example of a Performance Task has been taken from the student text, Math Makes Sense Grade 5 from the Measurement unit. The task below references area, perimeter, 2-dimensional shapes, dimensions and applicable math language. What is beneficial about these Performance Tasks is that each one has a final question, "Reflect on Your Learning" that can be used as a Math Journal entry. Therefore, if your Performance Task was in the form of a shared problem solving group, there is still the added piece of a Math Journal question for assessment purposes.
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