Information Skills

: Card Catalogue

Approach: Station Level: Year 4 and year 8 (similar versions)

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Resources: 10 author cards (fiction); mockup of card catalogue drawers;
prompt card of instructions; video about using a card catalogue.

Questions / instructions:
1. Start by watching the video.
2. Put the cards in the right drawers of the card catalogue.
3. In each drawer, put the cards in the right order.
4. When you have finished, take your work to the teacher.

YEAR 4 (in order given)
WHI
WHITE, E.B.
Charlotte's Web, 1986.
AIK
AIKEN, Joan
A Handful of Gold, 1995.
KIN
KING-SMITH, Dick
Babe, 1995.
STI
STINE,R.L.
Night of the Living Dummy, 1994.
GLE
GLEITZMAN, Morris Belly Flop,
1996.
DAH
DAHL, Roald
Matilda, 1988.
MIL
MILNE, Christopher Naughty Stories for Good Boys and Girls, 1995.
TAY
TAYLOR, William
Agnes the Sheep, 1990.
MAH
MAHY, Margaret
The Good Fortunes, 1994.
COW
COWLEY, Joy Nicketty-nacketty, noo-noo-noo, 1996.

YEAR 8 (in order given)
STI
STINE, R.L.
Night of the Living Dummy, 1994.
WHI
White, E.B.
Charlotte's Web, 1986. LAS
LASENBY, Jack
The Battle of Pook Island, 1996.
GLE
GLEITZMAN, Morris
Belly Flop, 1996.
JEN
JENNINGS, Paul
Uncovered!, 1996. MAH
MAHY, Margaret
The Other Side of Silence, 1995.
JOR
JORDAN, SHerryl
The Juniper Game, 1991.
TAY
TAYLOR, William
Circles, 1996.
MAR
MARSDEN, John
Checkers, 1996.
JOR
JORDAN, Sherryl
The Wednesday Wizard, 1991.

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[Year 4 top | Year 8 bottom]

% responses

Number of cards in correct drawers (all)

10
8–9
6–7
4–5
2–3
0–1

29
12
9
12
18
21

95
3
1
0
0
1

Number of cards in correct order within drawers:

8
6–7
4–5
2–3
0–1

12
7
14
22
45

46
30
13
5
6

Commentary:
Despite the year 4 students being given simpler tasks, both in sorting into drawers and within drawers, their success rate was much lower than the high level achieved by year 8 students.

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