Mathematics Assessment Map – Sample at Level 1
Shapes at the beach
Context
Students were presented with a line drawing made up of several simple shapes and other lines. Students were required to recognise triangles amongst other shapes in the drawing. They were asked to colour in all of the triangles in the drawing but no other shapes.
The elements of the Space standard addressed by the task are:
(Students) identify basic two-dimensional shapes such as triangles, circles and squares …
Sample
The following sample illustrates the kind of response that students typically produce when they have achieved the elements of the standard addressed by this task.
Colour in all the triangles.
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Annotation
Space – Level 1
- The student colours in most of the six triangles, but did not recognise some of the triangles where the orientation or size may be less familiar such as the cone of the ice-cream or the girl’s hat. The student did not colour in any shapes that are not triangles.
Elements of Space
(Students) identify basic two-dimensional shapes such as triangles, circles and squares …
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