Designing and using performance tasks : enhancing student learning and assessment / Tracey K. Shiel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shiel, Tracey, author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Competency-based education--United States.

Competency-based education.

Educational tests and measurements--United States.

Educational tests and measurements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin, [2017]

Summary:

(1) A step-by-step guide to developing and implementing performance tasks in the classroom as a means to teach, monitor and extend student learning (2) Fosters the application of learning intentions and success criteria generated from the new state standards and provides feedback to teachers to make instructional decisions based on student performance of the learning tasks. (3) Incorporates learning progressions as an integral part of the planning process and the development of performance tasks (4) Helps close the "knowing-doing gap" by focusing on what needs to be considered for successful implementation starting with classroom organization and management. (5) Includes a number of examples of performance task components at different grade levels and content areas to demonstrate a variety of performance task possibilities and jump start ...

Contents:

chapter 1. The lasting power of performance tasks

chapter 2. Building the base : begin with the end in mind

chapter 3. Building the base : learning progressions

chapter 4. Building the base : going SOLO!

chapter 5. Performance task attributes

chapter 6. Scoring guides, aka rubrics

chapter 7. Implementation considerations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781506343426

1506343422

9781506343433

1506343430

9781506343419

1506343414

9781506343402

1506343406

OCLC:

1001534442