:Car Cleaner
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Approach: Station Level: Year 8
Focus:Converting a diagram into written instructions.  
Resources: Picture
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Questions/instructions

The picture shows equipment for cleaning cars.
 Write instructions which tell how to put the equipment together for washing a car. You don’t have to use all of the numbers.

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% responses
y8
Steps mentioned:
put car wash soap in bottle

43
connect hose to tap
74
connect hose to bottle
70
connect hose to glove
72
turn switch to wash position
31
turn tap on
23
replace glove with “twista” to wash wheels
34
switch to rinse position to rinse soap off
26
The order of tasks made sense
83
Clarity of instructions: (language, not handwriting)
high
22
moderate
54
low
24
Total score:
10–11
5
8–9
17
6–7
32
4–5
26
2–3
11
0–1
9
Commentary
Most students missed some of the major steps, but they generally put the steps they did include into a sensible order. The clarity of the written instructions was rated “high” for only 22 percent of the students.
 
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