Kea Talk
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Approach:  Independent
ACCESS
Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Identifying information needs for a talk  
Resources:
Answer booklet
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Questions/instructions:  

You are getting ready to give a talk to your class about the kea - a New Zealand bird.

Your teacher tells you the things you need to talk about.

 
% responses
2009 ('05)
y4
y8
kea chart1. Write down the things you need to know so that you can talk about it.

The first one is done for you.
[Click on chart to enlarge.]		    
Mentioned:
food – what the bird eats
45 (48)
70 (60)
habitat – where the bird lives
43 (38)
82 (70)
conservation – how to care for the bird and its environment
2 (2)
5 (2)
breeding – how do kea reproduce
2 (4)
9 (12)
habits – what behaviours do they engage in
21 (14)
23 (19)
caring for young – how do they look after chicks
1 (4)
3 (4)
anything else reasonable
40 (51)
54 (56)
Made:
appropriate use of headings and examples
38 (35)
75 (67)
2. At the end of your study, which things do you think you should know about keas?
[List was given as below.] Tick the boxes.
Ticked:
how big a kea is
82 (83)
87 (83)
how many different kinds of birds in New Zealand
47 (45)
30 (18)
where the kea can be found
84 (86)
93 (94)
if kea are shy birds
65 (66)
75 (61)
come out only at night
49 (98)
34 (27)
eat eggs of other birds
56 (57)
58 (65)
where to buy kea toys
34 (34)
11 (9)
how kea look after their chicks
80 (80)
86 (82)

Total score:
5–6
1 (2)
8 (5)
4
15 (17)
49 (41)
3
21 (12)
20 (20)
2
21 (29)
10 (12)
0–1
42 (40)
14 (22)
Subgroup Analysis [Click on charts to enlarge] :
Year 4
Year 8
Commentary:
Year 4 students had difficulty with this task, with many only being able to provide a minimal response. Year 8 students were much more successful, particularly in their ability to use the headings and provide examples appropriate for the headings. Girls outperformed boys, more so at year 8 than year 4. Differences by ethnicity were small to moderate.