Examples of Student Work

A grading rubric should be made for any assignment that is meant to show students achievement. If a grading rubric is not created, the assessment of students may not be consistent. A performance task is an additional way I can gauge students understanding of geometric shapes and assess their understanding. The performance assessment was vital because some students did not score well on the pre and post assessments but met expectations through the performance task. The performance assessment required the students to create an invention out of shapes. Students were to invent something that would make their lives easier and required student to use two or more triangles, two or more circles, two or more squares, two or more rectangles, and two or more trapezoids they also had the option to use hexagons and rhombuses. After students created their invention, they were to create a short description of their invention. Students were scaffold and given sentence frames to form their description. They were asked to name their invention, describe how it would help them, and label each shape they used in their invention. To determine the criteria for success a rubric was created. To determine which students, exceeded, met, and did not meet the requirements for the performance task a point scale was created. The performance task was out of sixteen points. Students who exceeded scored a 1615 points, students who meet scored a 14-12 points, and students who did not meet scored eleven points and below.

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The above invention was created by student #14, her work is an example of a student who exceeded expectations. She scored a 16/16 which is a 100%. When looking at her shape invention and her description of her shapes all shapes are recorded accurately. Her mathematical terminology used to describe each shape is correct and easy to understand, she received four points. She also used the right requirements of shapes given during directions and then she effectively used them in her construction, she received four points. Lastly, she took great care in creating her invention, it is extremely neat and attractive; she received four points here as well. It is evident that this student has the ability to manipulate and utilize shapes in a

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real life setting she is also able to label and identify every shape she used. The rubric I used to great her work is shown below. Performance Task Rubric Student #14 Category
Accuracy of Shapes Used (Content)

4
All math shapes are recorded accurately.

3
Almost all shapes are recorded accurately. One or two errors.

2
Most shape are recorded accurately. Two or more errors.

1
NO shapes are reported OR most are inaccurately reported. Three or more errors. There is little use, or a lot of inappropriate use, of terminology and notation.

Mathematical Terminology and Notation

Correct terminology and notation are always used, making it easy to understand what was done. Appropriate shapes were selected and creatively modified in ways that made them even better. Great care taken in construction process so that the structure is neat, and attractive.

Shapes Used

Construction Materials

Correct terminology and notation are usually used, making it fairly easy to understand what was done. Appropriate shapes were selected and there was an attempt at creative modification to make them even better. Construction was careful and accurate for the most part, but 1-2 details could have been refined for a more attractive product.

Correct terminology and notation are used, but it is sometimes not easy to understand what was done. Appropriate shapes were selected.

Inappropriate shapes were selected and contributed to a product that performed poorly. Construction appears careless or haphazard. Many details need refinement for a strong or attractive product.

Construction accurately followed the plans, but 3-4 details could have been refined for a more attractive product.

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