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connections involving use of prior knowledge and experience; connections among science and other disciplines, including other STEM [science, technology, engineering, and mathematics] subjects)
• proposing courses of practical action to deal with problems relating to our changing world
Descriptors indicate the characteristics of the student’s performance, with respect to a particular criterion, on which assessment or evaluation is focused. Effectiveness is the descriptor used for each criterion in the Thinking and Investigation, Communication, and Application categories. What constitutes effectiveness in any given performance task will vary with the particular criterion being considered. Assessment of effectiveness may therefore focus on a quality such as appropriateness, clarity, accuracy, precision, logic, relevance, significance, fluency, flexibility, depth, or breadth, as appropriate for the particular criterion.
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