Point of View
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Approach:  Independent
ACCESS
Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Visualising and representing  
Resources:
Answer booklet
201
Questions/instructions:  

   
 
% responses
2009 ('05)
y4
y8
1. Below are views of this building from different sides. Who would see these views?
    
   
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Alex
53 (54) 84 (86)
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Pete
52 (54) 84 (86)
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Sam 57 (61) 82 (85)
YEAR 8 ONLY:     
2. Draw what you would see if you were standing on the opposite side to Pete.    63 (58)
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3. Draw the view you would see if you looked down on it from a helicopter.    63 (64)
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(or any rotation of this shape)    

Y4 Total score:
 3
43 (43)  
2
0 (1)  
1
34 (37)  
0
23 (19)  
Y8 Total score:
 5
 
47 (46)
4
  18 (21)
2–3
  20 (20)
0–1   15 (13)
Subgroup Analysis [Click on charts to enlarge] :
Year 4
Year 8
Commentary:
About 20% fewer year 8 students were able to draw a view than to identify one. Performance was very similar in 2005 and 2009. Year 8 Mäori students and Pasifika students were, on average, substantially less successful than Pakeha students. Year 4 boys scored significantly higher than girls.