: Link Tasks
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Link Task 22
Approach: One to one
Resources: Two items involving number lines and patterns, item to cover number line.
Instructions: Students were asked questions involving patterns, sequences, and probability.
	% responses
	y4	y8
Question: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14	95 76 69 59 44 53 62 90 51	97 83 78 75 73 86 88 62 91 53 50 17 73 26

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Link Task 23
Approach: Independent
Resources: None
Instructions: Students attempted a series of items involving algebraic concepts and procedures.
	% responses
	y4	y8
Question: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	21 41 43 24 60 37 33 20 41	60 74 35 29 8 47

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Link Task 24
Approach: Team
Resources: Placement mat, plastic animals, cards.
Instructions: This task involved logical thinking by teams of students.
	% responses
	y4	y8
Strategy: very good good moderate poor	23 33 34 10
Checking: very good good moderate poor	23 40 31 6
Cooperation: good moderate poor	42 50 8
Result: (all) 4 3 2 1 0	20 33 23 17 7
Commentary: Link task 25 was a similar task attempted by Year 8 students

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Link Task 26
Approach: Independent
Resources: None
Instructions: Students attempted a series of items involving statistical concepts & computation.
	% responses
	y4	y8
Item: 1 2 3 4 5 6		76 56 42 33 76 4