Initial Reactions to the Task by DANIELLE PAUL https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev Made with a quick smile en-us 2019-03-12 16:35:35 UTC 2019-03-12 19:43:32 UTC hello@padlet.com What did you notice? drp2009 https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340512667 2019-03-12 16:37:07 UTC https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340512667 What was challenging? Where would you expect students to struggle? drp2009 https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340512969 2019-03-12 16:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340512969 What questions arose? drp2009 https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340513424 2019-03-12 16:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340513424 Did anything surprise you? drp2009 https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340513495 2019-03-12 16:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340513495 What strategies did you use to manage the complexity of the task? drp2009 https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340514203 2019-03-12 16:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340514203 I underlined the main parts of instructions I wrote notes in the margin I previewed the questions and looked at the organization of the test I preread the questions/task I was surprised by how poorly the test is organized The language/sentence structure seemed complex https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340517312 2019-03-12 16:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340517312 Meghan Musser's Response https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340517323 I was surprised by the complexity of the various tasks. I'm a very good reader and I had to really self motivate to get through it all. 
I believe students would struggle to grasp exactly what the performance tasks are requiring. 
I previewed the questions before I read through the article to make sure I understood what was being asked. 
I noticed it took a lot of time and I am curious how much time they have .]]> 2019-03-12 16:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340517323 I would anticipate my students to struggle with the language and the length of the sources. Most of our students struggle with academic language in general, so this would be the major challenge for them. atolela https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340606500 2019-03-12 19:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340606500 Some of the strategies I used were, underlining, circling, making checks, and question marks. (Annotating the text) atolela https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340606960 2019-03-12 19:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340606960 I scanned the whole document first to see where it was going to look at the charts and headings. drp2009 https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340607306 2019-03-12 19:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340607306 I was surprised at the complexity of the questions/prompts. Sometime the way the questions are posed are more confusing than clear. atolela https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340607664 2019-03-12 19:40:15 UTC https://padlet.com/drp2009/zyza7yy309ev/wish/340607664