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Figure 1: Assessment Task Exemplars

Here we set out to show something of the range of tasks designed and developed by the Shell Centre for Mathematical Education for various projects in the US and the UK over the last 25 years.

Animals
Skeleton tower
Cross the Chasm
Sports Bag
Consecutive sums
Traffic Jam
Ponzi Pyramid
Perspectives
Polluted river
Reducing Road Accidents
Smoking
Security camera
Machines
Fly Fast
Oxygen
Table tennis tournament

These tasks were chosen to illustrate a diversity of styles, methodology and topics, including:

Computer-delivered and traditional tasks
Medium length (10 minutes) to extended (several lessons)
Group work or individual work
A variety of contexts, including pure mathematics, science, design, planning and finance
Tasks designed to assess the regular mathematics curriculum, others with a focus on cross-curricular problem solving and scientific reasoning

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Burkhardt, H. (2009) On Strategic Design. Educational Designer, 1(3).
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