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Questions/instructions:
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%
responses
2001 ('97) |
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y4
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y8
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| 1.
First turn the hedgehog clockwise a quarter-turn. What is it facing? |
flowers
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63
(56)
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92
(89)
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| 2.
Now turn the hedgehog clockwise a one-third turn. What is it facing? |
cat
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18
(13)
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40
(40)
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| 3.
Now turn the hedgehog anti-clockwise a half-turn. What is it facing? |
ladybird
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65
(58)
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85
(91)
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turned
anti-clockwise
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77
(74)
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94
(95)
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| 4.
Now turn the hedgehog anti-clockwise a three-quarters turn.What is it
facing? |
flowers
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39
(38)
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63
(77)
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| 5.
Now turn the hedgehog 90° to the left. What is it facing? |
spider
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•
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60
(67)
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| 6.
Now turn the hedgehog 360° to your left. What is it facing? |
tree
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•
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74
(84)
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turned
left
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•
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91
(93)
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| 7.
Turn the hedgehog 30° to the right. What is it facing? |
butterfly
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•
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53
(58)
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| 8.
Turn the hedgehog 270° to the right. What is it facing? |
spider
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•
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38
(44)
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| 9.
What directions could you give me if I wanted to turn the hedgehog to
face the frog? Prompt: Could you be more specific? |
appropriate
directions
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•
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35
(39)
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Year
4
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| 10.
Now turn the hedgehog 1/12 to the right. What is it facing? |
butterfly
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17
(16)
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•
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| 11.
Now turn the hedgehog three-quarters around to the left. What is it facing? |
flowers
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37
(41)
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•
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| 12.
What directions could you give me if I wanted to turn the hedgehog to
face the frog? |
appropriate
directions
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48
(45)
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•
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| Commentary Students were much more successful with 1/4 and 1/2 turns than others such as 1/3, 3/4, and 1/12. Year 4 students did equally well or slightly better in 2001 than in 1997, but year 8 students did a little worse in 2001 than in 1997. |
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