Mini Golf
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Approach: Station Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Constructing a table
Resources: Ruler
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Questions/instructions:

Draw a table to show the prices for adults and children to play mini golf during the week and in the weekends.

Here is the information to use:
For children it costs $3 on weekdays and $4 in the weekend.
For adults it costs $5 on weekdays and $6 in the weekend.


% responses
2007 ('03)
y4
y8
 
Prices to play Mini Golf
 
Adults
Children
Weekdays
5
3
Weekend
6
4
[Ideal format.]
   
Table format used:
table (4 cells, 2 by 2)
6 (5)
31 (27)
table (other)
39 (30)
43 (47)
Labelled rows/columns for:
children and adults
59 (62)
88 (90)
weekdays and weekend
53 (51)
88 (86)
Four numbers all correct, using:
digits
5 (2)
5 (2)
tallies or dots
54 (62)
83 (86)

Total score:
6
6 (5)
29 (26)
5
24 (21)
37 (40)
4
19 (26)
19 (18)
2–3
18 (16)
7 (10)
0–1
34 (33)
8 (6)
Subgroup Analysis [Click on charts to enlarge] :
Year 4
Year 8
Commentary:
Students experienced some difficulty in constructing an efficient table from data presented in verbal form, particularly at year 4. Most students did not see how the information could be laid out in a simple 2 x 2 table. Performance was very similar in 2003 and 2007. Performance of year 8 Pasifika students was particularly diverse, with 19% getting the maximum score and 24% scoring zero.