haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs/hax-ubd-grasps

HAX UbD GRASPS Task Framing

Frame authentic GRASPS performance tasks and pick the right HAX authentic-context media. This is the focused companion to hax-ubd-stage2 (which owns the full evidence scrapbook) — use it when the user specifically needs a performance task framed or made authentic.

The six letters (UbD Fig 7.7)

When to Use

• "Build a GRASPS task" / "make this assessment authentic" / "design a performance task"
• "Frame a real-world task for X" / "give this task an audience and purpose"
• You are hax-ubd-stage2 and are framing the core performance task

When NOT: the full evidence scrapbook (rubric, validity, reliability) → hax-ubd-stage2. Cognitive level → grad-blooms.

Authenticity checklist (UbD Ch. 7)

A task is authentic if it:

• Is realistically contextualized (replicates real-world ways knowledge is tested)
• Requires judgment and innovation (not a cued plug-in)
• Asks the student to "do the subject" (resembles work in the field)
• Replicates challenging, "noisy" situations (constraints, audience, purpose)
• Assesses integrated repertoire use (the whole game, not just sideline drills)
• Allows rehearsal, resources, feedback (not mystery testing)

If a task fails ≥2 of these, it is an exercise, not a problem — rework it and mark isProblemNotExercise accordingly.

HAX authentic-context media picker

Output Format

# GRASPS Task: {title}
## Targeted understanding
{verbatim from manifest.stage1.understandings}
## G — Goal
{...}
## R — Role
{...}
## A — Audience
{...}
## S — Situation
{...}
## P — Performance/Product
{...}
## S — Standards
{...}
## Authenticity check
{6 criteria → pass/fail; isProblemNotExercise: true/false}
## HAX context media
{components + placement}
## HAX product + rubric
{simple-fields for product; editable-table for rubric}

Acceptance criteria

• All six GRASPS letters filled.
• Authenticity: passes ≥5 of 6 checks; isProblemNotExercise: true.
• targetsUnderstanding is stated verbatim from Stage 1.
• Context media chosen from the picker above (no invented tags).
• Product captured via simple-fields; standards/rubric via editable-table.

Gotchas

• A GRASPS task can still be an exercise. If the Situation gives away the exact approach, it's a cued plug-in. Remove cues; make the student decide _which_ knowledge to use.
• Audience and purpose transform a task. A "report on nutrition" becomes authentic when framed as "advise a specific client with specific constraints." Don't skip A and the purpose in P.
• Not every assessment needs GRASPS. Use it for the core performance task(s); quizzes and academic prompts round out the scrapbook without GRASPS framing.

Dependencies

• Reads: the targeted understanding (from manifest.stage1)
• Used by: hax-ubd-stage2
• Sibling: hax-ubd-six-facets (which facets the task should reveal)

References

• https://github.com/haxtheweb/praw/blob/main/skills/hax-ubd-backward-design/references/ubd-element-map.md — Stage 2 component map
• https://github.com/haxtheweb/praw/blob/main/skills/hax-ubd-backward-design/references/validity-self-test.md — run on the framed task
• Source: Wiggins & McTighe (2005), _UbD_ Ch. 7, Fig 7.6–7.7.