Photo Line-Up

	:Photo Line-Up	Trend Task

Approach: Team

Level: Year 8

Focus: Logic.

Resources: Placement mat, 12 picture cards (numbered on back), 4 clue cards.

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Questions/instructions:

Arrange the cards numerically from 1-12 before giving them to the students.

Here are the members of a sports team. There are 12 people in the team.

Spread the picture cards out for the team to view.

The team is going to have its photograph taken, but they need to be arranged in a line from the tallest to the shortest. Here is a mat for placing them on.

Allocate one clue card to each team member.

You will need to use the clues on these cards to place the people in a row, from tallest to shortest. See how well you can work together to find out the order of the team. Discuss the best way to work together before you start.

When the group agrees it has finished its arrangement write down the order of the names, then say:

Now check your cards through one more time to make sure that the order you have them in matches the clues.

% responses
2001 ('97)

Final order fitted clues:
[15 clues]

all 15

81 (73)

6 (8)

6 (7)

10–12

4 (9)

<10

3 (3)

Strategy rating:

very good

40 (43)

good

47 (47)

moderate

14 (10)

poor

90 (0)

Cooperation level:

good all involved most of time

73 (80)

moderate all involved some time

23 (17)

poor

4 (3)

Commentary
Overall, the 2001 students performed similarly to the 1997 students. The strategy ratings and cooperation levels for these year 8 students were substantially higher than in the corresponding ratings for the year 4 students on the parallel task Farmyard Race.



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