Using Performance Tasks as Assessments
A performance task is an activity or project that is completed by students to provide evidence
and information about students success on a topic or subject.
Students benefit from performance tasks because it allows then to express knowledge and
skill through a style they more prefer and are comfortable with.
Teachers benefit from performance tasks because it allows them to see if students have
mastered a skill or understand a topic.
and information about students success on a topic or subject.
Students benefit from performance tasks because it allows then to express knowledge and
skill through a style they more prefer and are comfortable with.
Teachers benefit from performance tasks because it allows them to see if students have
mastered a skill or understand a topic.
Gardener's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
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Musical/RhythmicalKnowledge of sounds, rhythms, tones of music.
Skilled in: instruments, singing, or notes. Bodily/KinestheticControl over the body as well as skill handling objects.
Skilled in: Physical activities Naturalistic
Understands natural factors/features in the world.
Skilled in: Farming, Gardening, Hunting. Intrapersonal
Understanding ones self
Skilled in: Portraying ones strengths. |
Different Ideas for Performance Tasks
Accommodations
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