 Approach: Station |
 Resources:
Video |
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Questions / instructions:
The video explained that students were
to attempt a series of additions which would be presented on the screen and also
spoken on the soundtrack. Each item took approximately 2 seconds to speak, and
there was a gap of about 3 seconds before the next item was presented.
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%
responses |
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y4
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y8
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6 + 8
1 + 4
0 + 7
2 + 7
3 + 5
4 + 6
6 + 9
5 + 6
8 + 1
7 + 0
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9 + 0
3 + 9
8 + 8
4 + 5
3 + 7
1 + 8
0 + 5
9 + 5
4 + 3
8 + 0
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9 + 3
8 + 2
5 + 3
1 + 3
2 + 9
8 + 6
4 + 0
5 + 2
0 + 4
3 + 2
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Number
correct: 30
29
28
27
20–26
10–19
0–9
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44
13
9
10
17
5
2
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68
16
5
6
4
1
0
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Commentary:
Students performed well on these simple additions, with 76% of year 4 students
and 95% of year 8 students getting at least 27 of the 30 additions correct. The
items beginning with zero were noticeably less well done than the other 27 items.
At year 8, 92% of students got the zero plus items right compared to an average
98% for all other items. There was a similar pattern for year 4 students. These
results suggest a useful teaching point, focusing on adding numbers to zero.
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