Assessing the Complexity of Literacy Tasks
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Rating the Respirator Parts Problem

Question 1

   

Type
Document.

Level
1

ToI
1

ToM
3

PoD
2

Task Type

Document

 

Type of information

catalog number

(1)

Type of match

locate,

 
 

3 search features

 
 

literal match

(3)

Distractors

for given

(2)

 

The task is a locate using three features. The ‘type of information’ is concrete. This apprears to be a high level 1 document use task.



Question 2

   

Type
Document.

Level
2

ToI
1

ToM
4

PoD
2

Task Type

Document

 

Type of information

number

(1)

Type of match

dependent cycle

 
 

one search features

 
 

two responses

 
 

literal match

(4)

Distractors

for given

(2)

 

This ‘cycle’ task appears to be at level 2



Question 3

   

Type
Document.

Level
2

ToI
1

ToM
5

PoD
2

Task Type

Document

 

Type of information

number

(1)

Type of match

dependent cycle

 
 

two search features

 
 

two responses

 
 

literal match

(5)

Distractors

for requested

(2)

 

This task is slightly more difficult than the previous one due to the need to search on two features and the presence of a distracting catalog number not found in the previous example. Rate this at high level 2

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