Class Points
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Approach: Station Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Completing a line graph
Resources: Ruler, graph in work book
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Questions/instructions:  

The teacher said if the class could earn more than
100 points in the week then they could have a treat.
Here are the points they collected each day.

Day
Points
Monday
30
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
30
Thursday
10
Friday
20

 

 

 


Finish the line graph and make sure graph has:

a. a title
b. the line drawn
c. labels on the side and bottom axes.


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% responses
2007 ('03)
y4
y8
Mentioned in title:
(class) points
44 (50)
77 (86)
earned (or similar)
2 (1)
8 (10)
in a week
2 (2)
11 (12)
Position of title:
above graph
47 (53)
73 (86)
below graph
4 (8)
5 (5)
Appropriate side axis label: (e.g, class points, points, points earned)
14 (11)
50 (67)
Appropriate bottom axis label: (days, week days)
15 (14)
50 (68)
Line on graph:
Wednesday –
marked at 80
26 (25)
61 (69)
Thursday –
marked at 90, or
up 10 from Wednesday
23 (23)
62 (70)
Friday –
marked at 110, or
up 20 from Thursday
23 (21)
61 (69)
 
Line drawn:
(marks/dots connected up with line)
with all points correct
11 (18)
56 (64)
not all points correct
41 (40)
32 (30)

Total score:
11–12
0 (0)
31 (11)
9–10
5 (5)
18 (40)
7–8
7 (8)
16 (18)
5–6
18 (16)
18 (16)
0–4
71 (71)
18 (15)


Subgroup Analysis [Click on charts to enlarge] :
Year 4


Year 8


Commentary:
Year 8 students performed moderately well on this task, but year 4 students had great difficulty with it. Only about one in ten year 4 students could complete the line of the graph successfully, where slightly over half of the year 8 students were able to do so. Year 4 students performed very similarly in 2003 and 2007, but there were more very high performing year 8 students in 2007 than in 2003. At year 8 level especially, Pakeha students performed better than Mäori and Pasifika students.