Chapter Graphic : Bike Puncture
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Approach: One to one  Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Retelling a process.
740k
Resources: Video recording on laptop computer, tyre tube and puncture repair kit.

Questions / instructions:
Video showed bicycle technician Peter Goding checking tube for a puncture, repairing it, reinflating and checking for further leaks.

Have you ever fixed a bike puncture?

Have you ever watched someone else fix a bike puncture?

We are going to watch a video showing how to fix a bike puncture once the tube has been taken out of the tyre. After watching the video, I want you to tell me what you would do to fix a puncture.
Click the Play button to start the video.
Now I want you to explain to me, as clearly as you can, how you would fix a puncture. Here is a bike tube and a puncture repair kit. Use these to show and explain how you would fix the puncture.

     
% responses
2000 ('96)
y4
y8
Steps included
pump tube up
51 (48)
81 (86)
 
find hole
78 (64)
93 (97)
check for other holes
31 (31)
55 (56)
rough up tube with sandpaper
65 (73)
86 (94)
roughened area as large as patch
5 (2)
20 (20)
put glue on roughened area
93 (98)
97 (97)
wait for glue to dry
72 (77)
86 (84)
peel cover off patch
39 (41)
63 (63)
place patch over area of glue/hole
74 (68)
79 (82)
press down firmly
30 (29)
53 (53)
peel off backing paper
57 (57)
77 (74)
check all edges pressed down
27 (33)
46 (52)
pump up tube
16 (15)
29 (39)
check for leaks
24 (20)
43 (40)
Sequencing
all steps mentioned are in correct order
53 (45)
61 (59)
 
1 or more steps out of order, but later corrected
21 (28)
29 (28)
1 step out of order
12 (15)
6 (9)
2 steps out of order
5 (7)
3 (0)
explanation jumbled or very incomplete
9 (5)
1 (4)
Speech clarity
very clear and well articulated
19 (22)
44 (50)
 
some minor limitations
62 (64)
54 (46)
significant limitations
17 (14)
2 (4)
very hard to understand
2 (0)
0 (0)
Total score:
16–19
2 (1)
24 (22)
 
13–15
27 (23)
45 (50)
10–12
43 (46)
25 (22)
7–9
19 (24)
5 (6)
4–6
6 (3)
1 (0)
0–3
3 (3)
0 (0)
Commentary:
On average 18 percent more year 8 than year 4 students succeeded with each task component, with 40 percent more gaining a total score of 13 or more. The 2000 results were very similar to the 1996 results, at both year levels.
 
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