Designing and Using Performance Tasks: Enhancing Student Learning and Assessment

By Tracey K Shiel, Shiel, Tracey K Shiel

Stretch student thinking with performance-based tasks.

With the continual increase of high-stakes assessments also comes the surge of professional development on designing performance-based tasks. Providing step-by-step insights, this book shows you how to incorporate performance tasks as a tool to teach, monitor, and extend student learning. If you're ready to stretch your students' thinking, grab a copy of this how-to guide to help you:

Make instructional decisions based on student performance of learning tasks Incorporate learning progressions as an integral part of planning performance tasks Close the "knowing-doing" gap by focusing on considerations for successful implementation

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1506328725
• ISBN13: 9781506328720
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.9"