This comprehension task assesses student
ability to evaluate the ideas and
information in a transactional text about an
environmental issue. Students are asked to
read a text, then respond to four questions. Keywords (comprehension; evaluating;
transactional; School Journal; persuasive
language; science;) Publication date (02/10/06)
This comprehension task involves a poem
being disclosed in stages. It assesses a
student's ability to use evidence in the
poem to predict what it could be describing. Keywords (comprehension; inference;
synthesis; prediction; self-assessment;
poem; School Journal; visualising;) Publication date (26/08/05)
Students use this
assessment checklist to assess their
writing of a recount. Teachers select
the desired criteria before printing
off the checklists. There is a student's
and a teacher's checklist - this one
has more examples to use as models
for the criteria.
Keywords (self-assessment; peer
assessment; recount; checklist;)
Publication date (08/09/04)
In Part 1, students interpret how the
visual techniques used in the presentation
of a Maori legend support the meaning of the
written text. In Part 2, students are
assessed on their ability to communicate and
explain their use of visual techniques.
Annotated student work samples using Part 2
are provided. Keywords (movement; shape; symbols;
static image; comprehension; mood; work
samples;) Publication date (15/06/05)
Students listen to instructions
on where to go when visiting the mall and
then draw the path to be taken on a map.
The assessment focus is on listening, recall,
and following instructions.
Keywords (listening comprehension; factual
comprehension; following instructions;) Publication date (09/06/04)
Students decide which children are
estimating and which are not, and explain
their reasoning. Keywords (estimation; addition;) Publication date (03/04/06)
Students identify possible combinations of
scores from a dart thrown at a target. They
also find the lowest possible score and
individual throws from a given total score. Keywords (combinations;)
Students draw in the correct number of
blocks needed to balance some scales and
write equations for scales that show
balance. Keywords (equality;) Publication date (10/07/06)
Students break given numbers into equal sized groups. Students must show their working.
Keywords (equal sharing; partitioning; division)
Publication date (30/03/2007)
Students read an article about an
investigation into the sustainable harvest
of pïkao and identify key features of the
investigation. Assessment focus:
interpreting information about how
scientists work. Keywords (sustainability;
conservation; investigation; pïkao; pïngao;
nature of science;) Publication date (30/11/05)
Task: explain the effect of temperature on
metal and wood. Assessment focus: heat
absorption. Keywords (heat absorption; metals;
wood;) Publication date (07/06/2005)
Task: Students answer questions about
feeding relationships in a rocky shore
ecosystem. Assessment focus: interpreting a
food web. Keywords (Interdependence; food
chain; food web; rocky shore;) Publication date (02/06/06)
Task: select a card to show how to control
the variables of an investigation into the
rolling distance of marbles on different surfaces.
Assessment focus: controlling variables.
Keywords (fair testing; controlling variables;
friction; marbles;) Publication date
(01/10/04)
Students view an on-line animation on how
shadow length changes as the Sun moves into
different positions and answer questions about
this.
Keywords (shadows; animation;) Publication
date (09/04/03)
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