:Homes
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Approach: One to one Level: Year 4 and year 8  
Focus: Understanding differences between environments 
Resources: Picture
Questions/instructions:
Hand student picture.

Here is a picture of an Ethiopian family and their home in Ethiopia.


% responses
2005 (01)
y4
y8
1. What are some things that are the same about their home and how they live compared to your home and how you live?


Quality/comprehensiveness of answer:
very strong
3
5
 
strong
18
25
moderately strong
42
39
at least one idea, but weak
29
24
no relevant response
8
7
2. What things would this family need to learn if they came to live in New Zealand? Tell me as many things they would need to learn as you can think of.
Quality/comprehensiveness of answer:
very strong
3
5
 
strong
16
27
moderately strong
48
44
at least one idea, but weak
28
21
no relevant response
5
3
3. If your family lived in Ethiopia, how would your life be different? Tell me as many ideas as you can think of about how your life would be different.
Quality/comprehensiveness of answer:
very strong
4
10
 
strong
19
35
moderately strong
48
38
at least one idea, but weak
25
15
no relevant response
4
2
Total score:
9–12
8
16
 
7–8
22
33
5–6
40
32
3–4
24
15
0–2
6
4
Commentary:
On average, about 15 percent more year 8 than year 4 students gave responses judged as “strong” or “very strong” to each of the three questions.
  
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