:New Zealand Coins
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Approach: Independent Level: Year 4 and year 8 
Focus: Cultural icons 
Resources: Answer book

Questions/instructions:
Draw a circle around one coin in each row that would be good for New Zealand. Choose the coin because the picture shows something that is special to our country, but not other countries.



% responses
2005 (01)
y4
y8
1.
kiwi
96 (93)
97 (97)
2.
beehive
63 (53)
80 (78)
3.
whare
80 (68)
91 (92)
4.
L & P
63 (59)
93 (93)
5.
fern
80 (68)
95 (92)
6.
canoe
62 (57)
87 (86)
Total score:
6
32 (19)
70 (64)
 
5
26 (27)
18 (24)
4
17 (21)
5 (6)
3
12 (12)
3 (3)
0–2
13 (21)
4 (3)
Commentary:
Year 8 students scored very well on this task, with identifying the Beehive as their hardest task. Only about one third of year 4 students correctly identified all six preferred options. There was a small improvement at year 4 level between 2001 and 2005 but no meaningful change at year 8 level.
  
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