2.6 Task Taxonomy

Students undertake prescribed activities to acquire information and develop an understanding of a topic.

STEAM Subject:

• Watching a video on photosynthesis
  
• Visiting an elderly care home to observe the daily challenges faced by the elderly

 Language Subject:

• Reading a news report
• Watching a micro movie
  

Practice

Students work through prescribed tasks to apply learnt content/ skills.

STEAM Subject:

• Labelling the parts of a plant cell with flash cards
• Completing the questions about photosynthesis in the H5P interactive video.

Language Subject:

• Practicing pronunciation of new vocabularies in pairs
• Writing sentences using newly learned past tense verbs

Test / Assessment

Students take part in assessment activities.

STEAM Subject:

• Completing a lab report
• Taking a quiz on photosynthesis

Language Subject:

• Answer questions about details, main ideas, or vocabularies of a news report
• Having a spelling test on the week's vocabularies

Students engage in information exploration through information searches and data collection.

STEAM Subject:

• Conducting an experiment to collect data on the rate of photosynthesis
• Conducting an online search on the pros and cons of commonly used wheelchairs for the elderly

Language Subject:

• Conducting an online search to identify the common vocabularies used in news reports
• Using AI tools to analyze the tone and style of a news report

Explorations through Conversation

Students engage in exploration of issues with others through conversations.

STEAM Subject:

• Conducting interviews with the elderly to identify the needs of the wheelchair attachment product

• Discussing the variables to be considered for creating a fair experiment on photosynthesis

Language Subject:

• Conducting interviews with stakeholders about local community issues
• Discussing findings from the interview script

Tangible / Immersive Investigation

Students engage in investigative explorations in physical or virtual settings.

STEAM Subject:

• Using VR headsets to explore a rainforest and observe various plants and animals
• Playing with simple circuits with batteries and light bulbs to observe how electricity flows

Language Subject:

• Using VR to explore a virtual museum to to learn vocabularies related to historical events/artifacts
• Visiting the supermarket to learn vocabulary related to daily life

Students work individually or together to construct a conceptual, visual artifact.

STEAM Subject:

• Constructing a mind map based on information gathered from the internet about photosynthesis

• Using AI to create the criteria for evaluating a wheelchair attachment product

Language Subject:

• Using AI to create a storyboard for a micro movie
• Using AI to create the criteria for evaluating a micro movie
  

 Students work individually or together to construct a tangible, manipulable artifact.

STEAM Subject:

• Constructing the prototype of the wheelchair
• Creating a simple wearable device that can measure heart rate

Language Subject: 

• Constructing a glossary table to organize the vocabularies gathered from newspaper
• Filming the movie based on the storyboard

 Students present, illustrate or perform individually or in group.

STEAM Subject:

• Presenting scientific findings from experiments
• Displaying the prototype of the wheelchair attachment in a competition

Language Subject: 

• Presenting a news report
• Showing the post-edited video of the micro movie

Students engage in reflecting on the learning process & experience and making the thoughts explicit.

STEAM Subject:

• Using a quick survey to assess students’ understanding on scientific investigation
• Reflecting on the pervious scientific investigation process and identifying its shortcomings

Language Subject:

• Using a quick survey to assess students’ understanding of writing a news report
• Reflecting on the pros and cons of using AI to create a storyboard for a micro movie

Students are given an opportunity to re-submit a piece of work, hence giving them a chance to reflect and improve.

STEAM Subject:

• Revising the prototype of the wheelchair attachment
• Revising the experimental plan for the scientific investigation

Language Subject: 

• Revising the news report content 

• Revising the pronunciation for a news report presentation

Students engage in peer- and/ or self- assessment (using self-generated or teacher-provided rubric)

STEAM Subject:

• Using well-designed criteria to evaluate peer work on a prototype of the wheelchair attachment
• Using well-designed criteria to self-evaluate one's own work on a prototype of the wheelchair attachment

Language Subject: 

• Using well-designed criteria to evaluate peer work on a micro movie

• Using well-designed criteria to self-evaluate one's own work on a microfilm