1. CATEGORIES OF TOOLS FOR TASKS
CONTENT
Gaining
Knowledge
EXPLORATION
Complete teaching
and/or learning
activities more
efficiently
PRODUCTIVITY
Gather real world
information to make
decisions
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PRODUCTION
TASKS
Data Collection
& Analysis
COMMUNICATION
Showcase and
apply
knowledge
Interact,
collaborate, and
connect with
others

2. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS TASKS
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3. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS:
TASKS DEFINED
Data Collection and Analysis (DC&A) tasks:
o Tasks where students gather real world information about a
problem and study/evaluate to come up with a
conclusion/solution for the problem.
Data collection tasks
o Students collect their own data OR
o Students find existing data sets
Data analysis tasks
o Finding patterns & trends
o Working with words, ideas, and/or numbers
o Classify, sequence, relate things to each other
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