:Video Recorder
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Approach: Independent  Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus:Relating am and pm times to 24 hour clock times.
Resources: None.
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% responses
2001 ('97)
y4
y8
Questions/instructions:
Write the numbers on the video recorder clocks that are the starting times for the programmes.
     
10:00
67 (79)
86 (95)
 
14:00
7 (6)
68 (65)
2:00
54 (67)
20 (29)
19:30
5 (4)
64 (67)
7:30
57 (69)
22 (27)
 
Total score:
5
4 (4)
60 (63)
4
1 (1)
5 (2)
3
53 (63)
21 (29)
2
5 (7)
3 (2)
1
9 (9)
3 (1)
0
28 (16)
8 (3)

Commentary
Almost all year 4 students failed to convert pm times to correct 24 hour time. Overall, performance of both year 4 and year 8 students was slightly lower in 2001 than in 1997.

 
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