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Approach: Station Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Interpreting a Venn diagram
Resources: Diagram and table in work book
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Questions/instructions:

Look at the diagram.
 It shows some information about different countries.
[Click on diagram to enlarge.]
 
% responses
2007 ('03)
y4
y8
1. Put ticks in the boxes to show the countries that fit the descriptions.    
Countries Countries that are islands Countries that are in the Commonwealth and are islands Countries that are in the Commonwealth and use dollars Countries that are not islands but use dollars
Bahamas        
Canada        
Japan        
New Zealand        
U.S.A.        
Vanuatu        
Zambia        
   
Countries that are islands:
Bahamas
71 (66)
86 (89)
Japan
65 (62)
75 (81)
New Zealand
56 (53)
69 (75)
Vanuatu
56 (50)
72 (77)
Countries that are in the Commonwealth
and are islands:
New Zealand
49 (58)
76 (81)
Vanuatu
55 (49)
76 (83)
Countries that are in the Commonwealth
and use dollars:
Canada
55 (69)
79 (85)
New Zealand
60 (65)
84 (87)
Countries that are not islands but use dollars:
Canada
38 (39)
59 (57)
U.S.A
52 (53)
72 (81)
2. Write the three things this diagram tells you about the Bahamas.
[is an island, uses dollars, not in the Commonwealth]

all three things identified
14 (12)
38 (41)
two things identified
29 (32)
32 (33)
one thing identified
22 (21)
11 (15)

Total score:
12–13
10 (9)
33 (37)
10–11
15 (15)
22 (26)
8–9
17 (22)
20 (19)
6–7
21 (17)
13 (8)
0–5
36 (38)
12 (11)
Subgroup Analysis [Click on charts to enlarge] :
Year 4
Year 8
Commentary:
Students performed fairly well on this task involving interpreting a Venn diagram. There was an error in the diagram because the Bahamas are within the Commonwealth, but this is not believed to have confused many students. Some students, particularly at year 4, had trouble with the combinatorial nature of Venn diagrams. Growth from year 4 to year 8 was substantial. Performance was very similar in 2003 and 2007. Year 8 Pasifika students performed as well as Pakeha students.