Culminating+Tasks

Culminating Performance Tasks
List the content standard(s) and benchmark(s) this task will assess.

Look at different Bloom’s Levels as well as Complex Thinking Strategies to determine which of these fits the content standards.

Identify the setting, the students' role, and the product the student will be asked to create. Evidence your choices by writing a rough draft of the performance task.

Use the following matrix to guide your work.
 * Goal/Challenge ||  ||
 * Product/Performance ||  ||
 * Real World Connection ||  ||
 * Real World Connection ||  ||


 * Does the task ask students to show their application of knowledge beyond mere acquisition of knowledge? (higher order thinking)
 * Does it have personal meaning for the students? (engagement)
 * Does the task reflect what real citizens, consumers or employees might actually do? (authenticity)
 * Is technology used as a tool toward project completion or problem solution? (technology)
 * Does it incorporate the instructional activities that directly precede it?
 * Is it challenging?
 * Does it allow for students to show you what they know as it relates to the identified academic standards?
 * Does it relate to students’ prior knowledge?
 * Does it allow for multiple pathways or solutions?
 * Is there an end product?