Favourite Game
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Approach:  One to one
Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Conveying information, instructing; expressing ideas  
Resources:
None
FRAME 128Kb
Questions/instructions:  


I’m interested in hearing you tell me about a game you like to play outside. Try to think of a game that you really enjoy. Think about it for a moment, and when you have thought of one, let me know.

Allow time.
 
% responses
y4
y8
1. What’s the game called?    
 
student gave the game a name
97
98
2. Imagine I know nothing about this game. Explain to me how the game is played, so that I would understand how to play it myself.
    
Extent of detail given in playing the game:
extensive detail
8
23
substantial detail
37
41
moderate detail
43
30
very limited detail
12
6
How well organised was the explanation?
very well
19
31
moderately well
72
65
any other response
9
4
3. Tell me what makes this a really good game to play – why you like playing it.
Extent to which the student explained
why he/she liked playing the game:
substantial justification
27
39
a little justification
66
55
not at all (e.g.“I like it” or equivalent)
7
6

Total score:
6–7
13
28
5
17
18
4
20
24
3
34
22
0–2
16
8
Subgroup Analysis [Click on charts to enlarge] :
Year 4
Year 8
Commentary:
Students who chose a very complex team game like rugby created a real challenge for themselves. Performance differences among the subgroups were small for year 4 students but, at year 8 level, Pakeha students scored markedly higher than Mäori and Pasifika students, on average.