Number Facts (Addition)
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Approach:  Station
ACCESS
Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Recall basic facts  
Resources:
Computer program on laptop computer, answer booklet
115kb
Questions/instructions:  

This activity uses the computer.
[Problems were presented on a computer screen, with sound track, at four-second intervals. Students responded in answer booklets that showed each problem and had a blank for entering the response.]

Linked to 2001 and 2005

   Linked to 2001 and 2005
% responses
2009 ('05) ['01]		 % responses
2009 ('05) ['01]
y4 y8
y4
y8
3 + 6 =  
9
88 (85) [91] 99 (99) [99]
9 + 9 = 
18
83 (79) [88] 97 (98) [99]
4 + 2 =
8
91 (87) [93] 98 (96) [95]
6 + 6 = 
12
92 (87) [94] 99 (98) [99]
5 + 7 = 
12
71 (72) [85] 96 (94) [97]
5 + 9 = 
14
67 (66) [88] 98 (97) [98]
3 + 0 = 
3
93 (93) [93] 99 (98) [97]
7 + 6 = 
13
57 (61) [88] 96 (95) [97]
8 + 9 = 
17
65 (63) [83] 96 (95) [97]
8 + 3 = 
11
82 (80) [93] 97 (97) [98]
0 + 5 = 
5
89 (87) [87] 97 (95) [95]
0 + 4 = 
4
90 (86) [87] 98 (95) [96]
4 + 6 = 
10
82 (78) [89] 98 (98) [98]
6 + 9 = 
15
60 (60) [85] 96 (96) [98]
6 + 8 = 
14
57 (58) [84] 94 (95) [97]
8 + 0 = 
8
93 (90) [94] 99 (98) [96]
2 + 6 = 
8
85 (85) [93] 99 (99) [98]
8 + 5 = 
13
70 (68) [87] 97 (96) [97]
7 + 8 = 
15
57 (56) [81] 93 (93) [98]
4 + 3 = 
7
80 (76) [93] 97 (97) [99]
1 + 7 = 
8
91 (91) [93] 97 (98) [99]
8 + 4 = 
12
72 (70) [90] 97 (98) [99]
0 + 6 = 
6
89 (88) [86] 97 (95) [96]
3 + 9 = 
12
78 (76) [90] 98 (98) [99]
9 + 7 = 
16
63 (61) [85] 97 (96) [98]
7 + 4 = 
11
67 (66) [89] 98 (96) [97]
2 + 8 = 
10
88 (89) [92] 99 (98) [99]
4 + 9 = 
13
65 (68) [88] 97 (97) [99]
5 + 4 = 
9
85 (85) [91] 98 (97) [98]
3 + 7 = 
10
75 (74) [91] 98 (98) [99]

Total score:
 30
24 (22) [43] 64 (64) [68]
29 12 (12) [19] 22 (22) [19]
27–28 10 (11) [15] 8 (7) [9]
24–26 9 (14) [7] 5 (4) [3]
21–23 13 (7) [6] 0 (1) [0]
15–20 19 (18) [3] 1 (1) [1]
0–14 13 (16) [7] 0 (1) [0]
Subgroup Analysis [Click on charts to enlarge] :
Year 4
Year 8
Commentary:
This task, focusing on knowledge of basic facts, was used previously in both 2001 and 2005. Both at year 4 and year 8 level, there was very little change in performance from 2005 to 2009, which means that the marked drop in performance for year 4 students from 2001 to 2005 had been maintained in 2009. That drop is particularly evident where neither number added is 0, 1 or 2, and the sum is more than 12. Pasifika students performed similarly to Pakeha students at both year levels, as did year 8 Mäori students.