Chapter Graphic : High to Low
Trend task Task Video 11.5 MB
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  Level: Year 4 and year 8
Approach: Station 
Focus: Identifying upward or downward pitch movements or trends.
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Resources: Video recording on laptop computer.

Questions / instructions:
Section 1
The first section asked students to listen to two notes, chords, and musical phrases and identify whether the second was higher, the same, or lower in pitch than the first. After an example with answer given, six assessment items followed.

This activity is done on the computer.

Draw a ring around the words to show your answers (answer in red).

1.
higher
lower
same
2.
higher
lower
same
3.
higher
lower
same
4.
higher
lower
same
5.
higher
lower
same
6.
higher
lower
same
7.
higher
lower
same
     
% responses
2000 ('96)
y4
y8
1. Example
 
2.
higher
54 (57)
85 (86)
3.
same
57 (67)
91 (92)
4.
lower
30 (37)
64 (67)
5.
same
53 (53)
87 (82)
6.
lower
52 (52)
82 (81)
7.
higher
37 (41)
54 (58)
Section total:
5–6
18 (21)
64 (61)
     
3–4
39 (41)
25 (31)
1–2
34 (33)
10 (7)
0
9 (5)
1 (1)
Section 2
The second section asked students to identify whether the sequences of notes in some musical phrases were moving up in pitch, staying the same, or moving down in pitch. An example with answer given was followed by six assessment items (answer in red)
1.
up
down
same
2.
up
down
same
3.
up
down
same
4.
up
down
same
5.
up
down
same
6.
up
down
same
7.
up
down
same
1. Example
 
2.
up
50 (66)
80 (88)
3.
down
56 (60)
77 (80)
4.
same
52 (59)
85 (85)
5.
up
60 (65)
84 (86)
6.
same
53 (58)
86 (89)
7.
down
45 (58)
72 (79)
Section total:
5–6
32 (41)
72 (75)
 
3–4
24 (27)
16 (17)
1–2
32 (24)
10 (7)
0
12 (8)
2 (1)
Commentary:
In both sections of this task, about 40 percent more year 8 than year 4 students performed well. Year 8 students performed similarly in 1996 and 2000, but there was a small decline in performance for year 4 students between 1996 and 2000.
 
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