Identifier

etd-03282014-100612

Degree

Master of Natural Sciences (MNS)

Department

Natural Sciences (Interdepartmental Program)

Document Type

Thesis

Abstract

This thesis explores tasks as an appropriate classroom tool for assessing student understanding in the age of the Common Core State Standards. I describe numerous tasks that I composed and piloted in my 6th and 7th grade mathematics classrooms, common errors and problems that the students encountered and the difficulties and challenges that I had in developing, implementing and evaluating tasks. Making good tasks is time-consuming, and meaningful judgments of task quality can only be made when student work is carefully analyzed.

Date

2014

Document Availability at the Time of Submission

Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.

Committee Chair

Madden, James J

DOI

10.31390/gradschool_theses.2401

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