Christmas Parade
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Approach: Station Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Reading maps
Resources: Map
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Questions/instructions:
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Look at the map. It shows the path that
the Christmas Parade will follow.








 
% responses
2007 ('03)
y4
y8
1. Which of these streets will the parade travel on first?
  a. Wainui St  
b. Collingwood St
46 (43)
79 (75)
c. Dundas St  
2. The parade will go right past?
  a. Cinema
64 (71)
89 (88)
b. Post Office  
c. Trafalgar Centre  
3. Which of these streets will not be used in the parade?
  a. Trafalgar St  
b. Halifax St  
c. Grove St
74 (79)
92 (93)
4. What is the last street the parade will use?
  a. Wainui St
78 (82)
94 (94)
b. Collingwood St  
c. Dundas St  
5. Which of these cannot be found on this map?
  a. where the parade starts  
b. how long the parade will last
67 (69)
91 (91)
c. how many streets the parade will use  

Total score:
5
27 (24)
60 (60)
4
25 (33)
26 (27)
3
18 (21)
8 (10)
2
12 (11)
2 (2)
0–1
19 (11)
5 (2)
Subgroup Analysis [Click on charts to enlarge] :
Year 4


Year 8


Commentary:
The ability to read and understand a map shows strong growth between year 4 and year 8. Well over half of the year 8 students got all items correct. Performance was similar in 2003 and 2007. Boys and girls performed similarly. Year 4 Pasifika students had more difficulty with this task than their Pakeha and Mäori counterparts.