I dont take full ownership of the said presentation.

1. PERFORMANCE
TASK USING
GRASPS

2. Why Need for
Performance
Task?

3. -McTinghe and Associates
Consulting
There is a strong necessity to
provide students with multiple
opportunities to apply their
learning to relevant, real-world
situations.

4. NOTE: Content and Performance standards can not be altered.

5. Performance
Assessment GRASPS
•When constructing
performance assessment
tasks, it helps to use the
acronym GRASPS:

7. GOAL
♦ Provides a statement of the
task.
♦ Establish the goal, problem,
challenge, or obstacle in the
task.

8. ROLE
♦ Define the role of the students
in the task.
♦ state the job of the students for
the task.

9. AUDIENCE
♦ Identify the target audience
within the context of the
scenario.
♦ Example audiences might
include a client or committee.

10. SITUATION
♦ Set the context of scenario.
♦ Explain the situation

11. PRODUCT
♦ Clarify what the students will
create and why they will create
it.

12. STANDARDS and
CRITERIA [indicators]
♦ Provide students with a clear
picture of success.
♦ Identify specific standards for
success.
♦ Issue rubrics for students or
develop them with the students.

13. Example: Math
GOAL:
♦ The goal (within the scenario) is to minimize costs for
shipping bulk quantities of M&M’s.
ROLE:
♦ You are an engineer in the packaging department of
the M&M’s candy company.
AUDIENCE:
♦ The target audience is non-engineer company executives.
SITUATION:
♦You need to convince penny pinching company officers that
your container design will provide cost – effective use of
the given materials, maximize shipping volume of bulk
quantities of M7M’s, and be safe to transport
Constructing a Performance Task Scenario Using GRASPS

14. Example: Math
PRODUCT PERFORMANCE AND PURPOSE:
♦You need to design a shipping container from given
materials for the safe and cost-effective shipping of the
M7M’s. Then you will prepare a written proposal in which
you include a diagram and show mathematically how your
design provides effective use of the given
and maximizes the shipping volume of the
container
materials
M&M’s.
STANDARDS and CRITERIA for SUCCESS:
♦Your container proposal should . . .
• Provide cost-effective use of the given materials.
• Maximize shipping volume of bulk quantities of M&M’s.
• Be safe to transport.
♦Your models must make the mathematical case
Constructing a Performance Task Scenario Using GRASPS

15. SAMPLE
As a financial manager one of your major roles is to find opportunities where you can put
your excess cash for wealth maximization. Given below are financial statements from a
specific company, looking into the net surplus of cash from the company’s FS, provide an
investment proposal that you can present to your boss to find out which investment will
yield better result after 2 years. Specifically, for this task you are expected to do the
following:
 gather primary or secondary investment related data from banks, cooperatives, stocks
offering, business engagement etc.
 prepare a proposed outcome of each investment through Annuities computation of each
investment opportunities.
prepare an annual financial statement (1. Statement of Financial Position, Income
Statement, and Cash Flow Statement) showing the changes on the company’s balances
based on the yields of a particular investments.
 present a risk assessment narrative from each investment presented.
You are required to present at least 2 investment proposals before the panel. Make a
PPT Slideshow for the presentation of this performance task. You will be evaluated using
the following standards: Accuracy of Data Collection and Interpretation, Accuracy of
Business Financial Data Formulation, Communication and Delivery of Presentations, and
Formulation of Recommendations.

16. ENGLISH 1-2 PT per Quarter
FILIPINO 1-2 PT per Quarter
SCIENCE 1-2 PT per Quarter
MATH 1-2 PT per Quarter
AP 1-2 PT per Quarter
CLVE 1-2 PT per Quarter
TLE/COMPUTER 1-2 PT per Quarter

17. COLLABORATIVE
PERFORMANCE
TASKS

18. INTEGRATIVE
PERFORMANCE
TASKS

20. INTRA-INTER-
MULTI-INTER
DISCIPLINAL
PERFORMANCE TASK

22. Designing

24. Action Verbs for
AMT
•Use the list of action verbs
to help plan teaching and
learning according to
you’re
A-M-T goals.

25. WRITTEN ORAL VISUAL
Advertisement
Biography
Book report or review
Brochure
Collections
Crossword puzzle
Editorial
Essay
Experiment record
Historical fiction
Journal
Lab report
Letter
Log
Magazine article
Memo
Newscast
Audiotape
Conversation
Debate
Discussion
Dramatic reading
Dramatization
Interview
Oral presentation
Oral report
Poetry reading
Puppet show
Radio Script
Rap
Skit
Song
Speech
Teach a lesson
Advertisement
Banner
Cartoon
Collage
Computer graphic
Data display
Design
Diagram
Diorama
Display
Drawing
Filmstrip
Flyer
Game
Graph
Map
Model
Possible Products and Performances (Nouns)

26. GOAL TYPES Action Verbs
Apprehend Notice
Acquisition
of knowledge and skill
Calculate
Define
Discern
Identify
Paraphrase
Plug in
Recall
State
Memorize Select
Analyze Interpret
Compare Justify/Support
Contrast Prove
Making Meaning
coming to understanding
Critique
Defend
Explain
Summarize
Synthesize
Test
Evaluate Translate
Generalize Verify

27. GOAL TYPES Action Verbs
Transfer
Learning to new situations
Adapt (based on feedback)
Adjust (based on results)
Apply
Create
Design
Innovate
Perform Effectively
Self-asses
Solve
Troubleshoot