Just Do It! Performance Tasks in the Science Classroom

by: Renee Clary, James Wandersee, and Deborah Tucker

Provide opportunities for students to become familiar with and comfortable using hands-on performance tasks.

Topics

Analyzing data Asking questions CCC1: Patterns Classifying Collecting data Communicating Crosscutting Concepts Crustal deformation Disciplinary Core Ideas Disciplinary Core Ideas in Earth and Space Science Earth and Space Science Earth processes Earthquakes ENCdl ESS1.C: The History of Planet Earth ESS1: Earth's Place in the Universe ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions ESS2: Earth's Systems Experimenting Hypothesizing Interpreting data Measuring Modeling Mountain building Observing Plate tectonics Predicting Science and Engineering Practices Science as Inquiry Science Focus Science process skills Scientific habits of mind SEP1: Asking Questions and Defining Problems SEP3: Planning and Carrying Out Investigations Three Dimensions of the Framework and/or NGSS

Details

Type Journal ArticlePub Date 9/1/2014Stock # ss14_038_01_34Volume 038Issue 01

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Tina Harris (Fairmount, IN)
Tina Harris (Fairmount, IN)

Title: Just Do It! Performance Tasks in the Scien

The authors walk you through the process of 1) locating quality hands-on activities for your classroom; 2) locating NGSS standards and comparing them to the activity to find one that fits; a... See More

Betty Paulsell (Kansas City, MO)
Betty Paulsell (Kansas City, MO)

Finding and Using Performance Tasks

Teachers are frequently reluctant to use performance tasks because of time constraints and lack of knowledge. This article gives lots of sources to obtain easy to use performance task lesso... See More

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