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 : Trend Task: Musical Words
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Approach: Station Level: 4 & 8 
Focus:   Matching word rhythms to music read 
Resources: Computer program on laptop computer
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Questions/instructions:
This activity uses the computer.
Click on the button that says Musical Words. The computer will then tell you what to do.

[Students were asked to listen to different word rhythms and to click on the correct rhythm notation from three options shown on screen. The text for each word rhythm was also shown on screen.
The first word rhythm was an example to show what to do.]
Example: You and me.

% responses
y4
y8
1. Kei te pai
 
choice 1
58 (54)
69 (75)
2. Come to my party
 
choice 2
52 (56)
71 (74)
3. Red and yellow and pink and green
choice 1
38 (34)
45 (51)
4. Whakarongo mai, tamariki mä
choice 3
31 (31)
62 (64)
5. Going for a ride on a great big dinosaur
choice 2
46 (44)
58 (62)
6. Thirty purple birds, sitting down to lunch
choice 1
41 (41)
45 (42)
7. Tidy up children, put your pencils away
choice 3
33 (40)
49 (54)
Total score:
6 – 7
4 (5)
21 (26)
 
5
9 (11)
17 (19)
 
4
20 (20)
23 (21)
 
3
30 (23)
19 (17)
 
2
24 (26)
13 (12)
 
0 – 1
13 (15)
7 (5)
Commentary:
About 25 percent more year 8 than year 4 students got at least five of the seven components correct. There was negligible change between 2000 and 2004 for year 4 students, and perhaps a small decline for year 8 students.
 
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