CONSTRUCTING

PERFORMANCE TASK
WHAT IS PERFORMANCE TASK ?

HOW TO CONSTRUCT PERFORMANCE TASK

 WHAT IS PERFORMANCE TAST ?

PERFORMANCE TASK IS ANY LEARNING ACTIVITY OR ASSESSMENT THAT
ASKS STUDENTS TO PERFORM, TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE,
UNDERSTANDING, AND PROFICIENCY . PERFORMANCE TASK PRESENTS A
SITUATION THAT CALL FOR LEARNERS TO APPLY THEIR LEARNING IN
CONTEXT .
 TESTING THAT REQUIRED A STUDENT TO CREATE AN ANSWER OR A
PRODUCT THAT DEMONSTRATES HIS/HER KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL (Rudner &
Boston, 1991)
 PERFORMANCE TASK IS WHAT STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO DO IN THE
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT, EITHER INDIVIDUAL OR IN GROUP (Mc. Millan)
 Write the
specific
question

CONSTRUCT
PERFORMANCE
TASK

Develop Identify the

description performance
of the task task
and the
context
 CONSTRUCT PERFORMANCE TASK
Three steps to construct the complete performance
task :
1. Identify the performance task which will engaged
students .
2. Develop description of the task and the context in
which the performance is to be conducted.

3. Write the specific question, prompt, or problems

that the student will recieve.
 The Figure shows the Steps in constructing
Performance Task

Generate of Develop Task and Write Task

Identify Idea for a Context Question or
Task Description Prompt
 1. Identify the performance task

Restricted Extended
Type Type
1. Restricted type of performance task (Tasks
target a narrowly defined skill and required
relatively brief response, The task is
structured and specific)
2. Extended-type of performance task (Tasks
are more complex, elaborate and time
consuming, they include collaborative work
with small groups of students, the assignment
usually requires variety of sources of
information.
 Some examples of restricted and extended type of
performance assessment task
Restricted - type Expended type

1. Talk about what is on menu 1. Construct a power point

2. Read an article from
newspaper and answer
question
3. Listen to Fox News and
explain wheather you
believe the stories are
biased
4. Construct the poster and
explains the part of flowers
5. Sing a song
presentation
2. Plan a trip to another country,
include the gudget and itinenary
3. Write and perform a song
4. Prepare a plan for dealing with
waste materials
5. Design an advertising campaign
for a new or existing product
 1. Content and
Skill targets 2. Description
students activity

6. Scoring
procedure

2. The task
description should
3. Resources
include : needed

5. Administrative
process
4. Teacher role
2. Performance task Descriptions and the
contexts
The purpose of task Description :
to provide a blueprint or listing of specification
to ensure that essential Criteria are met, the
task is reasonable, and that it will elicit desired
students performance.
 9.States scoring
8. challanging and 10.Constraints form
criteria
stimulating
1. Task should
integrate skills

7. Task should be 3. Performance

clear
Task Question 2. Task should
authentics

6. The task allow

multiple solutions
3. Assess multiple
learning target
4.help student
5. The task is feasible
succeed
1. Task should integrate skills, it means that the task should
be broadin scope, reasoning and other skills essential to the
task should be represent essential process.
2. Task should be authentic. (realistic, required judgement,
the students to do,..)
3. Structure task to assess multiple learning targets (the
task assess both content and skill targets) example;assessing
both written and oral report
4. Structure task so that you can help the students succeed
4. Structure task so that you can help the students
succeed (the task need to be something that students
learn from).
5. The task is feasible.
6. The task should allow for multiple solutions
(the students justify and explain their assumtion,
planning, prediction, and other responses)
7. The task should be clear (the direction should provide
sufficients detail so that the students know how to
proceed)
8. The task should be challanging and stimulating to
students ( the students will motivated to use their skills
and knowledge, for days or weeks , ask the students to
monitir their progress, when thetask is someting that
students get excited)
9. The task stated scoring criteria (specifying criteria
helps students understanding what they need to do and
comminication learning priorities and your expectation).
10. The test include constraints for completing
CONCLUSION