A rich task is a project or an assignment that integrates different subjects and involves a variety of teaching and learning methods.
Teachers would ensure:
- Differentiated instruction
- Allowing students to showcase their learning which benefits the student (ex. written, oral communication or through demonstration)
- Ensuring the students are engaging in inquiry
- Supports individual and group goals
Rich Tasks ensure students are:
- Problem-solving
- Reasoning and proving
- Reflecting
- Representing
- Connecting
- Selecting tools and computational strategies
- Communicating
What Rich Tasks should include...
The Topic
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Characteristics
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Assessment
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Topics covered are interesting and/or current
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The Rich Task is problem based
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Assessment must be meaningful
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The Rich Task is interdisciplinary
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It is challenging
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Assessment practices are far richer and more complex than
the sitting of a test
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It integrates social, linguistic and cultural practice
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It involved active thinking and doing
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The Rich Task represents an educational outcome
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Reference
What is a Rich Task. (n.d.). Retrieved September 28, 2016, from https://learningschool.wikispaces.com/What
is a Rich Task
OAME Welcome. (n.d.). Retrieved September 28, 2016, from http://www.oame.on.ca/main/index1.php?lang=en
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