Questions/instructions: This activity
uses the computer.
Click on the button that says Listen and See.
The computer will then tell you what to do.
[Students were asked to listen to each musical phrase and to click on
the correct notation from three options shown on screen. Each phrase
was played twice.
The first phrase was an example to show what to do.]
%
responses
2004 ('00)
y4
y8
Example:
1.
47 (48)
57 (70)
2.
56
(52)
72
(76)
3.
62 (55)
76 (78)
4.
70
(64)
88
(88)
Total
score: 4
15
(14)
36
(47)
3
32
(28)
31
(28)
2
32
(28)
22
(17)
1
15
(23)
10
(7)
0
6
(7)
1
(1)
Commentary:
About 20 percent
more year 8 than year 4 students got all four components correct. There
was little change between 2000 and 2004 for year 4 students, with a
small decline for year 8 students.