Process Strand 7: Communicates Understanding - Item Specifiation (8-2005)

CU01 (Gathering Information) Develop a plan for collecting numerical, measurement, geometric, probability and statistical, and/or algebraic information for a given purpose; extract numerical, measurement, geometric, probability and statistical, and/or algebraic information from multiple sources using reading and/or observation (4.1.1, 4.1.2)

Item Formats:

· Short-Answer and Extended-Response items may be used to assess this learning target.

Stimulus, Stem, and Prompt Rules:

· Stimulus may include mathematical information embedded in pictures, symbols, text, tables, charts, graphs, diagrams, and models.
· Mathematical information from data sources such as magazines, newspapers, menus, brochures, schedules, tax tables, or billing statements may be used.
· Plans may be related to activities such as conducting research, planning an event, building something, baking or cooking, planning a purchase or budgeting, creating a timeline, writing a story, etc.
· Stimulus may include ideas from number sense, measurement, geometric sense, probability and statistics, and algebraic sense.

Mathematical Vocabulary and Terms:

· All vocabulary and terms allowed and restricted in content strand specifications apply to Communicates Understanding items.
· Terms that may be used: irrelevant, plan, procedure, relevant
· Terms that may be used with definitions or examples:
· Terms that may not be used:

Item Characteristics:

a) Items may ask students to develop and describe a plan to gather mathematical information including a specified number of pieces of information and where or how to find the information.
b) Items may ask students to list or describe the general procedure/order of steps of a plan, not a survey, to gather exactly the information needed and no irrelevant information.
c) Items may ask students to extract and/or explain or describe mathematical information from various sources such as pictures, symbols, text, tables, charts, graphs, diagrams, and models.
d) Items may ask students to write questions that could be answered using data sources such as magazines, newspapers, menus, sales and travel brochures, schedules, or sales receipts.