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| Questions/instructions: There are lots of very important things happening in the world. |
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| %
responses 2005 (01) |
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| y4 |
y8 |
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| 1.
Can you tell me about three important things that are happening in the
world at the moment?
Think about what is in the newspaper, on the TV or on the radio. |
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| First important thing: | |||||||||||
Location/Focus: |
international
|
33
|
59 |
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national
|
18
|
29 |
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regional
or local |
4 |
1 |
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no
relevant response |
45 |
11 |
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Timing: |
specific current event |
45 |
78 |
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ongoing
issue/activity |
10 |
11 |
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no
relevant response |
45 |
11 |
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Activity
category: |
natural
(e.g. natural disaster, weather) |
25 |
35 |
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political/economic
(e.g. war, oil price) |
13
|
45 |
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sporting
|
5
|
5 |
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social
(e.g. new movie, visitors to New Zealand) |
10
|
4 |
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no
relevant response |
47
|
11 | |||||||||
Second
important thing: |
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Location/Focus: |
international |
26
|
44 |
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national
|
11
|
26 |
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regional
or local |
4
|
2 |
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no
relevant response |
59 |
28 |
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Timing: |
specific current event |
35
|
55 |
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ongoing
issue/activity |
6 |
17 |
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no
relevant response |
59
|
28 |
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Activity
category: |
natural
(e.g. natural disaster, weather) |
18
|
15 |
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political/economic
(e.g. war, oil price) |
7 |
43 |
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sporting
|
6
|
6 |
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social
(e.g. new movie, visitors to New Zealand) |
8 |
8 |
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no
relevant response |
61 |
28 |
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| Third important thing: | |||||||||||
Location/Focus: |
international |
16 |
32 |
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national
|
9
|
16 |
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regional
or local |
1 |
2 |
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no
relevant response |
74
|
50 |
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Timing: |
specific current event |
22
|
38 |
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ongoing
issue/activity |
4 |
11 |
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no
relevant response |
74
|
51 |
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Activity
category: |
natural
(e.g. natural disaster, weather) |
11
|
7 |
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political/economic
(e.g. war, oil price) |
5
|
27 |
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sporting
|
4 |
7 |
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social
(e.g. new movie, visitors to New Zealand) |
5 |
8 |
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no
relevant response |
75 |
51 |
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| 2. Choose one of these important things and tell me as much as you know about it. | |||||||||||
Description
of important thing: |
clear
full description |
5 |
25 |
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moderately
good description |
16
|
32 |
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very
limited description |
34 |
31 |
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no
useful response |
45
|
12 |
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Total
score: |
16–18 |
8 |
25 |
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13–15
|
8 |
20 |
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10–12
|
14
|
24 |
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7–9
|
11 |
7 |
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4–6
|
22 |
17 |
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1–3
|
3 |
0 |
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0
|
34
|
7 |
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| Commentary: Thirty-four percent of year 4 students could not identify one world current event but 16 percent of year 4 students scored quite highly on this task (compared to 45 percent of year 8 students). |
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