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Step 4

Identifying the Student product(s) and/or Performance(s)

Considerations

What student product(s) and/or performance(s) will provide evidence of understanding and/or proficiency related to your identified standards selected in Step 1?

In order for the student to maintain a focus and to become engaged with the performance task, the product(s) and/or performance(s) should be guided by a purpose, audience, and student role.

Describe the product(s) and/or performance(s) that will be created by the student to provide evidence that they have attained an acceptable level of understanding and/or proficiency relative to the selected standard from Step 1.  You may wish to select one or more of the following examples:

Written

Oral

Visual

advertisement audiotape advertisement
biography debate banner
book report/review discussion cartoon
brochure dramatization collage
crossword puzzle interview collection
editorial newscast computer graphic
essay oral presentation construction
experiment record oral report data table
game play design
journal poetry reading diagram
lab report rap display
letter skit diorama
log song drawing
magazine article teach a lesson filmstrip
memo   graph
newspaper article   map
poem   model
proposal   painting
questionnaire   photograph
research report   poster
script   scrapbook
test   sculpture
    slide show
    storyboard
    videotape

Steps in the Design Process

  • Step 1 - Identify Standard(s), Components, and Indicators
  • Step 2 - Create a Meaningful Context for the Task
  • Step 3 - Identify Thinking Skills/Processes to Build into the Task
  • Step 4 - Identify the Products and/or Performance
  • Step 5 - Identify Criteria for Evaluating Performance
  • Step 6 - Generate Exemplary Responses
  • Step 7 - Construct Scoring Tools
  • Step 8 - Try out the Task
  • Revise Where Necessary