Inquiry and Decision Making tasks assess facility in the inquiry process as well as understanding of the real-world issues implicit in the question. Application questions require students to use the breadth of knowledge obtained in the classroom and apply it to a problem. The Three Content Areas History and Culture questions concentrate on areas that affect students and the communities they know. Economics, Civics, and Government questions include such complex content as economic choice and federalism in everyday contexts. Geography questions require students to use geographic tools and solve geographic problems in situations familiar to everyday life.
Social science is perhaps the ideal discipline in which to use an open-ended assessment.
Many questions about history and economics, for example, have more than one cause, effect, or result. They allow students to bring divergent thinking, relevant information, and different outlooks to their answers. Inc. Permission is granted to download pages for informational or educational use.