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/ instructions: Arrange the book covers in order using the letters (A-H) on the backs. Imagine that you are helping to put books back in their right place in a school library. Show the student the book covers. |
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Now imagine that
these are real books. I want you to sort them so that they are ready
for putting back in their right places in the library. |
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%
responses
2000 ('97) |
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y4
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y8
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Now can you tell me why you have arranged them that way? Write down the order of the books using the letters on the backs of the cards. |
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Books
divided correctly:
fiction ordered alphabetically, non-fiction ordered numerically |
both
ordered correctly
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3
(5)
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16
(16)
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fiction
only ordered correctly
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3
(3)
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10
(11)
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non-fiction
only ordered correctly
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2
(1)
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2
(3)
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neither
ordered correctly
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16
(13)
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7
(6)
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Books
not divided correctly:
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but
correctly alphabetised
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12
(26)
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37
(44)
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Any
other response:
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64
(52)
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28
(20)
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the student hasn’t divided the books into fiction/non-fiction, ask:
2. Can you sort the books into fiction (story books) and non-fiction? Allow time for student to sort the books. |
books
now divided correctly
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63
(na)
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81
(90)
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| Commentary:
Very few year 4 students and only about one third of year 8 students showed that they understood that fiction and non-fiction books were separated and ordered differently. When explicitly asked, about 50 percent more at both levels could separate fiction and non-fiction. There is little evidence of change between 1997 and 2001. |
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