: Höroi Motokä — Car Cleaner  
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Approach: Station
Focus: Converting a diagram into written instructions. 
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Resources: Picture
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.		 Ka whakaatu tënei pikitia i ngä taputapu hei höroi motokä.
Tuhia ngä tohutohu hei whakamärama mai me pëhea te hono i ngä taputapu höroi motokä.
Ki te kore hiahia, kaua e whakamahi i ngä tau katoa.

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% responses
GEd
MI
Steps mentioned:
put car wash soap in bottle
36 33
connect hose to tap
54 56
connect hose to bottle
59 49
connect hose to glove
60 56
turn switch to wash position
21 20
turn tap on
12 29
replace glove with “twista” to wash wheels
27 27
switch to rinse position to rinse soap off
19 18
the order of tasks made sense
70 82
Clarity of instructions:
(language, not handwriting)
high
16 24
moderate
48 58
low
36 18
     
Total score:
10–11
1 2
8–9
8 5
6–7
31 35
4–5
24 34
2–3
17 13
0–1
19 11
Commentary:
The results achieved by Mäori students in general education (GEd) settings and students in Mäori immersion (MI) settings were not statistically significantly different.
 
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