Engagement & Motivation
PBAs are most engaging when students have this in how they show their learning.
What is choice?
Authenticity ensures assessments measure meaningful learning rather than this.
What is rote memorization or recall?
PBAs encourage transfer by requiring students to use knowledge from more than one ______.
What is discipline or content area?
PBAs designed through UDL offer multiple means of these three elements.
What are engagement, representation, and action/expression?
Reflection transforms performance into this kind of experience.
What is a learning experience?
Performance tasks should activate this emotional connection to motivate learners.
What is relevance or personal connection?
This type of assessment asks students to perform tasks that mirror real-world challenges.
What is a performance-based assessment?
Transfer tasks should be both rigorous and
What is relevant?
Equity in PBAs ensures that every student has access to the same ______ to demonstrate learning.
What is opportunity?
Reflection helps students understand their own ______ process.
own ______ process.What is learning or thinking?
Students are more engaged when assessment tasks are connected to this type of learning goal.
What is a meaningful or personally relevant goal?
Authentic PBAs require students to demonstrate not just what they know, but what they can ______.
What is “do”?
Designing assessments around big ideas or essential questions helps promote this.
What is deeper understanding or transfer?
UDL stands for this.
What is Universal Design for Learning?
In PBAs, feedback should be this kind—timely and actionable.
What is formative feedback?
Engagement in PBAs increases when students have opportunities for this type of ownership.
What is student agency?
A performance task is authentic when it connects learning to this.
What is a real-world context?
Students demonstrate transfer when they can explain the “why” behind their ______.
What are their decisions, choices, or processes?
Equity-based PBAs remove barriers by considering diverse ______.
What are learner needs?
High-quality PBAs include rubrics that are ______ and shared before the task begins.
What is clear, transparent, or student-friendly?
This UDL principle supports engagement by offering multiple ways for students to participate and express learning.
What is multiple means of engagement and expression?
An art critique, lab experiment, or debate are examples of this PBA feature.
What is a real-world application of learning?
Transfer happens when students apply skills and knowledge to these kinds of situations.
What are new or unfamiliar contexts?
Allowing students to choose between creating a podcast, essay, or presentation demonstrates this principle.
What is multiple means of expression?
Opportunities for peer feedback promote this skill.
this skill.What is metacognition or self-assessment?