TV Watching
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Approach: Station Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Interpreting a timetable
Resources:
TV timetable
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Questions/instructions:

Look at the TV timetable.

[Click on timetable to enlarge.].






 
% responses
2007 ('03)
y4
y8
1. What programme is on TV Two at 6 pm?
The Simpsons
82 (81)
93 (96)
2. What programme is on TV Three at 3:30 in the afternoon?
Arthur
32 (39)
53 (73)
Sticky TV
29 (26)
38 (19)
3. The netball is on at night on TV One. How long does it go for?
2 hours
46 (49)
84 (81)
4. Pepsi Chart is on at night on TV Three. What time does it finish?
8:30 or 8:30 pm
63 (66)
89 (93)

Total score:
5
13 (19)
42 (56)
4
27 (24)
36 (29)
3
21 (20)
14 (9)
2
16 (18)
6 (4)
0–1
23 (19)
2 (2)
Subgroup Analysis [Click on charts to enlarge] :
Year 4


Year 8


Commentary:
Most year 8 students had little difficulty with this task, but certain questions were hard for the year 4 students. In particular, year 4 students had trouble when asked to use the information to answer a question as opposed to simply looking something up. There was a slight decline in performance by year 8 students between 2003 and 2007. Year 8 Pasifika students had a particularly wide spread of performance.