Designing and Teaching Authentic Performance Tasks
Module Four

Implement the authentic performance task:

1. Have your students do the task
2. Make observations regarding their “doing.”
3. Submit your observations to me.

Please email responses to the following reflective questions to:
dmesibov@twcny.rr.com

With regards to the January/Module 4 assignment:

1. Once you have Implemented the authentic performance task and:
- Your students do the task
- and You've made observations regarding their “doing”
- You are now ready to submit your observations to the course designer
Please include any additional comments you may have.

Additional Resources

provided by: Tara A. Demers - "4" Project

LeBuffe, J. R. (1993). Performance assessment. The Science Teacher, 60, 46-48.

Wiggins, G. P. (1998). Ensuring authentic performance. Educative assessment: Designing assessments to inform and improve student performance (pp. 21-42). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Wiggins, G. P. (1998). Individual performance tasks. Educative assessment: Designing assessments to inform and improve student performance (pp. 139-152). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Linking Exploratory Activities with Concepts Bateman, W. L. (1990). Changing your role as a teacher. Open to question: The art of teaching and learning (pp. 179-189). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Bateman, W. L. (1990). Discovering your own bias. Open to question: The art of teaching and learning (pp. 43-57). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Bevevino, M. M., Dengel, J., & Adams, K. (1999). Constructivist theory in the classroom: Internalizing concepts through inquiry learning. The Clearing House, 72(5), 275-278.

Edwards, C. H. (1997). Promoting student inquiry. The Science Teacher, 64, 18-21.

Forbes, C. E., & Ryba, K. (1994). Linking students, teachers, and learning within an inquiry-based classroom. The Computer Teacher, 21, 26-29.

Moscovici, H., & Nelson, T. H. (1998). Shifting from activitymania to inquiry. Science and Children, 35, 14-17+.

Rossman, A. D. (1993). Managing hands-on inquiry. Science and Children, 31, 35-37.