Task Analysis: Diving into the Language Opportunities of the NGSS

JavaScript isn't enabled in your browser, so this file can't be opened. Enable and reload.

This task analysis process provides an opportunity for us to expand our understanding and ideas about how we use language when we are engaged in sense-making and learning science. This process requires we think about a small slice of a lesson. Every question on this survey is referring ONLY to the task below. For the ease and usefulness of the task analysis process, we need to think about how we use language at this smaller scale or grain size vs. a larger scale or grain size such as a lesson, unit, or curriculum.

Email *

First Name *

Last Name *

Identify a grade band you will be considering as you go through this hypothetical task. This should be your grade/grade band or one you work with as a support for teachers. *

K-2

3-5

Using language and images, work collaboratively in your group to develop a model to explain why objects are sinking or floating when placed into the water. What questions come up from your explorations? Discuss these and decide which questions you could investigate with more material and time. Record these questions on your paper.

Please refer to this task for all of the questions below. Reflect on your experience as a learner, not the possibilities of the student as learner.

What do students need TO DO in terms of content knowledge to successfully complete this task? Please be sure to connect to any relevant NGSS practices, crosscutting concepts, or disciplinary core ideas. *

What do students need to be able TO KNOW in terms of content knowledge to successfully complete this task? Please be sure to connect to any relevant NGSS practices, crosscutting concepts, or disciplinary core ideas. How would a learner use their content knowledge to complete this task? *

Clear form

Never submit passwords through Google Forms.

This form was created inside of Yamhill-Carlton SD. Report Abuse

Forms