: Whakahokinga Pukapuka – Book Returns
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Approach: One to one
Focus: Understanding library organisation. 
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Resources: 8 book covers (labelled A–H), recording book.

Questions / instructions: 

C
COW

B
TUT

C
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HAL

D
CAS
       

E
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KIT

F
PAT

G
591
GAN

H
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HAL
Arrange the book covers in order using the letters (A-H) on the backs.
Imagine that you are helping to put books back in their right place in a school library.
Show the student the book covers.
Now imagine that these are real books. I want you to sort them so that they are ready for putting back in their right places in the library.
Give student the pile of book covers.
Here are the books. Look carefully at the information on the covers, then sort them into order for putting on the library shelves.
When you have finished sorting them, I will ask you to explain why you have arranged them that way.
Allow time for student to sort books.		 Whakaraupapatia ngä uhi pukapuka mä ënei pü
(A-H) i ngä tuarä.
Pohewatia kei te äwhina koe ki te whakahoki i ngä pukapuka ki ö rätou wähi tika i te whare pukapuka.
Whakaaturia ngä uhi pukapuka ki te äkonga.
Pohewatia he pukapuka tonu ënei. Wehewehea kia reri ai ki te whakahoki ki ö rätou wähi tika i te whare pukapuka.
Hoatu ngä uhi pukapuka ki te äkonga.
Anei ngä pukapuka. Äta tirohia ngä uhi, ka whakaraupapa ai hei whakahoki ki ngä whata [shelves] pukapuka.
Ka mutu tënä, kï mai he aha i pënätia ai te whakatikatika.
Tukua he wä mö te äkonga ki te whakatikatika i ngä pukapuka.



% responses
GEd
MI
1.

Now can you tell me why you have arranged them that way?
Write down the order of the books using the letters on the backs of the cards.

Körerotia mai he aha i pënä ai tö whakatikatika i ngä pukapuka?
Tuhia te whakaraupapatanga o ngä pukapuka i raro i te whakahaerenga Dewey i mua o ngä uhi.

    
Books divided correctly:
fiction ordered alphabetically, non-fiction ordered numerically
both ordered correctly
13 2
fiction only ordered correctly
11 3
non-fiction only ordered correctly
2 0
neither ordered correctly
12 9
Books not divided correctly:
but correctly alphabetised
24 25
Any other response:
38 61
If the student hasn’t divided the books into fiction/non-fiction, ask:

Mënä kähore anö te äkonga kia wehewehe i ngä pukapuka pakiwaitara (fiction) me ngä pukapuka körero pono (non fiction), pätaitia:
   
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 Can you sort the books into fiction (story books) and non-fiction?
Allow time for student to sort the books.

Ka ähei koe ki te whakaröpü i ngä pakiwaitara me ngä körero pono?		    
 
books now divided correctly
73 73
Commentary:
For several reasons, statistical comparisons are inappropriate on this task. All students were asked to categorise book covers in English and Mäori immersion (MI) students do not generally use Dewey classifications for non-fiction books. Library resources in Mäori are very limited.
 
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