Technology
: Äwhinatia ahau ki te Waruwaru — Help Me Peel
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Approach: Station
Focus: Designing equipment for a person with a physical disability.
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Resources: Photograph, instruction card, recording sheet.
Questions / instructions:
Read the instruction card and draw your plan here.
Pänuitia te käri tohutohu, kätahi ka tuhi i tö hoahoa [plan] i konei.

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% responses
GEd
MI
  does plan need second person: no 82
92
  yes, to help 13 8
yes, to peel potato 5 0
  does plan seem workable: yes, clearly 25 27
  probably 35 42
possibly 31 27
no 9 4
  quality of plan/diagram
as a drawing, not judging workability
quite detailed 47 23
rudimentary 48 58
none 5 19
 
quality of explanation quite detailed
49 35
rudimentary
43 48
none
8 17
  nature of solution
way of holding potato still
62 59
 
way of holding peeler still
5 6
machine that can be operated with one hand
14 23
getting someone else to peel potato
4 0
getting someone else to help
9 8
no workable solution
6 4
Commentary:
The results achieved by Mäori students in general education (GEd) and Mäori immersion (MI) settings were not statistically significantly different.
 
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