Sheep
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Approach:  Station
ACCESS
Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Estimation  
Resources:
Picture, answer booklet
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Questions/instructions:

Look at the picture of sheep in a paddock.

 
 
% responses
2009 ('05)
y4
y8
1. Which number do you think is nearest to the actual number of sheep?
     Circle your choice. [Actual count: 810]
   
a. 50 sheep 2 (3) 1 (0)
b.
500 sheep B
45 (53) 65 (69)
c. 5000 sheep 52 (44) 32 (30)
 
Total score:
1 45 (53) 65 (69)
0 55 (47) 35 (31)
Subgroup Analysis [Click on charts to enlarge] :
Year 4


Year 8


Commentary:
Students showed quite limited skills at estimation, despite the large differences between the answer choices. Performance declined a little between 2005 and 2009. Mäori and Pakeha students performed very similarly at both year levels.