Up and Down, Round and Round
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Approach:  Station
ACCESS
Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Matching music heard and read  
Resources:
Audio tracks on laptop computer, answer sheet
FRAME 460Kb
Questions/instructions:  

This activity is done on the computer.
Click on the button that says Up and Down, Round and Round.
voiceover: In this activity you are going to be listening to some short pieces of music. You need to tick the box next to the written music that matches what you heard. Listen for the tune to go up or down, in steps or leaps, or repeat the same note. An example has been done for you (music plays). And the top line has been ticked.
Here are your tunes. You will hear each one twice (music plays twice). Tick the line that matches what you heard.
Text in work book:
You need to tick the box next to the score which shows the music. The first one has been done for you.

 Example
example
 
% responses
2008 ('04)
y4
y8
1. 1 53 (64) 84 (82)
2. 2 55 (65) 77 (77)
3. 3 50 (60) 73 (74)
4. 4 38 (53) 75 (72)
5. 5 47 (57) 59 (60)

         
Total score:
5
7 (14) 37 (35)
4
16 (24) 27 (22)
3
28 (26) 16 (24)
2
22 (22) 12 (13)
0–1
27 (14)
8 (6)
Subgroup Analysis [Click on charts to enlarge] :
Year 4
Year 8
Commentary:
Year 8 students generally performed substantially better than year 4 students on this task. Year 8 girls did noticeably better than year 8 boys, and year 8 Pakeha students than year 8 Pasifika students.