| Approach: Station |
Level:
Year 4
and year 8 |
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| Focus:
Constructing
a graph
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| Resources:
Circle to start
graph in recording book, 3 butterflies, ruler, 5 spiders, 2 caterpillars,
ruler |
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868KB |
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| Questions/instructions:
There are
10 bugs in the bag.
There are caterpillars, butterflies and spiders.
Make a pie graph to show the different types of bugs.
[Year
4 student examples at bottom of page]
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%
responses
2003 ('99) |
| y4
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y8 |
diagram
uses sectors |
40
(49) |
96
(97) |
sectors
labelled accurately |
34
(61) |
89
(94) |
3
sectors of correct proportions |
7
(0) |
62
(62) |
3
sectors, but proportions incorrect |
17
(23) |
21
(23) |
10
sectors |
5
(6) |
3
(6) |
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Total
score:
|
6
|
7
(8) |
61
(62) |
4–5
|
19
(17) |
22
(29) |
2–3
|
10
(18) |
10
(3) |
0–1
|
64
(57) |
7
(6) |
| Commentary:
Year 8 students can construct a pie graph more successfully than year
4 students. Sixty-one percent of year 8 students compared to seven percent
of year 4 students constructed the pie chart quite accurately. Little
change in performance was noted between 1999 and 2003.
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| BUG
GRAPH – YEAR 4 EXAMPLES (important note - these are examples ONLY,
not exemplars):
[click on graphs to enlarge] |
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