: Winning: A Problem
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Approach:  Station Level: Year 4 and year 8 
Focus: Relationships, interpersonal skills. 
Resources: Illustration in task book (in year 4 version only).
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Questions/instructions:

Imagine you have this problem:

Your friend always has to win every game you play together at school. If they don’t, they get angry or upset. This isn’t fair and it makes you unhappy.


% responses
2002 ('98)
y4
y8
1. Write down some ways that you could try to fix this problem.    
Ways to fix problem:






play with other people
5 (7)
18 (22)
decide you can live with it okay
14 (6)
11 (17)
find games that don’t involve winning/losing
3 (0)
11 (9)
talk to friend and tell them their behaviour is upsetting you
11 (14)
38 (29)
try to convince friend to behave differently
20 (22)
43 (40)
get advice from someone else
4 (16)
4 (8)
ask someone else to try to change friend’s behaviour
2 (2)
2 (1)
2. If you wanted some help to sort out this problem, who might you ask?

3. Draw a ring around the person in answer 2 who you think would be the most helpful.

4. Why do you think this person would be the most helpful?
   
Most helpful person:






parents
36 (22)
29 (19)
siblings
1 (2)
0 (1)
teachers/principal )
34 (41
32 (43)
coach
5 (9)
3 (6)
friends/peers
13 (7)
24 (24)
other adults
7 (16)
10 (7)
other/no choice
4 (4)
2 (0)
Explanation:

strong
4 (6)
20 (14)
moderate
63 (72)
63 (57)
weak
33 (22)
17 (29)
 
Total score:


4–9
1 (2)
14 (11)
3
7 (9)
26 (24)
2
34 (41)
38 (38)
1
36 (32)
18 (20)
0
22 (16)
4 (7)
Commentary
Year 8 students were much more inclined than year 4 students to address their concern directly with their friend, and were also more inclined to see other peers as helpful. There was little change between 1998 and 2002.
 
 
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