Approach: Station |
Level:
Year 4
and year 8 |
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Focus:
Interpreting
a graph
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Resources:
Graph in
recording book |
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104KB |
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Questions/instructions:
Look at the graph. It shows the sports that children in Room One
play in the winter. |
[click
on graph to enlarge] |
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responses |
y4 |
y8 |
1.
What are two things this graph tells you about soccer?
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the
same number of boys and girls play soccer |
20
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39 |
six
boys play soccer |
18
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17 |
six
girls play soccer |
17
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17 |
soccer
is most popular (for boys, girls, both) |
28
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46 |
2.
Which sports do girls play more than boys?
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netball
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82
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89 |
gymnastics
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30
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55 |
3.
More boys play touch rugby than girls. How many more? |
3
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58
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83 |
4.
How many children go swimming? |
3 |
68 |
93 |
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Total
score:
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6–8
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7
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21 |
4–5
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36
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56 |
2–3
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37
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19 |
0–1
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20 |
4 |
Commentary:
Year 8 students
were more successful than year 4 students in interpreting the graph. About
75 percent of year 8 students scored six or more of the items correctly,
compared with 43 percent of year 4 students.
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