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Table 1 Technology-enhanced items and mathematical tools that were first used in the 2017 NAEP digitally-based operational mathematics assessments for Grades 4 and 8
Item Type/Tool | Description |
|---|---|
Multiple-Selection Multiple-Choice | This item type allows students to respond by selecting two or more choices that meet the condition stated in the stem of the item |
Matching (Drag and Drop) | This item type allows students to respond by inserting (dragging and dropping) one or more source element(s) into target fields |
Zones | This item type allows students to respond by selecting one or more region(s) on a graphic stimulus |
Grid | This item type allows students to evaluate mathematical statements or expressions with respect to certain properties. The answer is entered by selecting cells in a table in which rows typically correspond to the statement and columns to the properties checked |
Inline Choice | This item type allows students to respond by selecting one option from one or more drop-down menu(s) that might appear in various sections of an item |
Interactive Ruler | This tool allows students to use an on-screen ruler to measure lengths of virtual objects on the screen to answer a question |
Digital Calculatora | This tool allows students to use an on-screen calculator to perform operations needed to answer a question |
Box and Whiskers | This tool allows students to create or modify a graphical five-number summary (box plot) of a numerical data set |
Digital Scratchpad | This tool allows students to use their fingers or a stylus to perform computations, write notes, create hand drawings, annotate figures, highlight portions of a question, etc. on the touch-screen tablets |
Equation Editor | This tool allows students to respond by entering numbers and mathematical expressions or equations using an onscreen pallet. A customized version of the equation editor is provided at each of grades 4, 8, and 12 |