: Link Tasks
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Link Task 9
Approach:One to one
Resources: Advertisement, calculator, paper money.
Instructions:Students were asked to calculate costs and change using a calculator.
	% responses
	y4	y8
Item: 1 2 3 4	36 15 10 24	92 53 41 70
Commentary: The success rate was much higher for year 8 students than year 4 students.

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Link Task 10
Approach: One to one
Resources: Three priced items.
Instructions:Students were asked to make comparisons among the three items.
	% responses
	y4	y8
Comparison: 1 explanation 1	68 10	82 65
Comparison 2 computation explanation 2		78 90 83

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Link Task 11
Approach: Station
Resources: Priced packets of four different items, calculator.
Instructions:Students were asked to compute costs and change.
	% responses
	y4	y8
Computation: 1 2 3	46 31 32
Commentary: This task was similar to the year 8 task, Link task 12.

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Link Task 12
Approach: Station
Resources: Shopping brochure, calulator.
Instructions:Students were asked to compute costs and change.
	% responses
	y4	y8
Computation: 1 2		66 87
Commentary: This task was similar to the year 4 task, Link task 11.