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responses 2009 ('05) |
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| Questions/instructions: | y8
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Tui wants a book that will give her good information on New Zealand shellfish for a school project. She looked up the library catalogue and found five books she could use.
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1. Look at the catalogue records about each book. | ||||||||||||||
| 2. Choose the book that you think is the best for Tui’s project. Write down the book title. |
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Jive’s Pippi Diggers |
3 (4) |
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 New Zealand Shells and Shellfish |
69 (61) |
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Selfish Shellfish |
3 (4) |
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Shellfish aren’t Fish |
12 (21) |
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Fish |
4 (2) |
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| 3. Why is this the best book for Tui’s project? |
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| Mentioned: | |||||||||||||||
non-fiction (not fiction) |
8 (10) |
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about New Zealand |
21 (23) |
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shellfish specifically as opposed to fish |
66 (73) |
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Total
score: |
4 |
2 (4) |
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3 |
21 (16) |
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2 |
32 (38) |
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1 |
29 (28) |
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0 |
16 (14) |
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| Subgroup Analysis [Click on charts to enlarge] : |
Year 8  |
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| Commentary: |
| Most children at year 8 were able to select the best book from among five possibilities and give a rationale for their selection.Performance was similar in 2005 and 2009. Pakeha and Pasifika students slightly outperformed Mäori students.
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