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| %
responses 2005 (01) |
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| y4 |
y8 |
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1.
What does the design on the flag mean? |
|
9
(3) |
35
(24) |
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13
(10) |
44
(37) |
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mentioned
British as NZ’s early settlers |
2
(1) |
7
(6) |
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|
15
(7) |
41
(36) |
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|
5
(0) |
15
(12) |
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| 2. Why do you think there is a New Zealand flag? | to
represent NZ, show nationality (or similar) |
48
(46) |
77
(76) |
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| Imagine you have been asked to design a new flag which will show what is special to our country. | |||||||||||
| 3. What things would you put on that flag? | |||||||||||
| Write student’s ideas in recording book. | silver
fern/koru/similar |
22
(14) |
64
(60) |
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kiwi
|
33
(29) |
63
(65) |
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other
birds/animals/fish/plants/ flowers/trees |
24
(27) |
22
(26) |
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Mäori
culture/art/legends/ images/flag etc. |
11
(8) |
30
(20) |
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events/people/activities
(other than Mäori) |
26
(20) |
38
(29) |
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physical
features: landscape, buildings, etc. |
22
(30) |
22
(27) |
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| 4. Why would you choose . . . [refer to each of the ideas mentioned by the student]. | |||||||||||
| How well have they argued that they have chosen things special to NZ? | |||||||||||
well
argued |
7
(4) |
31
(19) |
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moderately
well argued |
45
(44) |
58
(61) |
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any
other response |
48
(52) |
11
(20) |
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| Put picture with flag at half mast in front of the student. Flags are usually flown at full mast. | |||||||||||
| 5. Why are they sometimes flown at half mast, like the one in this picture? | |||||||||||
 |
sign
of mourning, show someone has died (or similar) |
11
(11) |
42
(39) |
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|
1
(0) |
8
(7) |
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|
5–6
|
5
(2) |
30
(16) |
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|
3–4
|
14
(9) |
32
(36) |
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|
2
|
24
(30) |
19
(26) |
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|
1
|
33
(28) |
9
(10) |
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0
|
23
(31) |
2
(5) |
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| Commentary: Year 8 students handled this task much better than year 4 students, but less than half showed understanding of the main elements on the New Zealand flag. There was evidence of a small improvement overall for both year 4 and year 8 students between 2001 and 2005. |
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