Evaluating Design  : LINK TASKS   
Link Task 6
Approach: One to one                                                                                                    Level: Year 4 and year 8
Resources: Kitchen tools designed to achieve the same task; food items to use equipment with.
Task: To demonstrate use of both kitchen tools, evaluate their usefulness, explain differences between them, and evaluate their relative merits.

% responses
y4
y8

Evaluation Tasks

 

 1. full or quite full response
limited response
no clear ideas  
2
28
70
11
35
54
2. full or quite full response
limited response
no clear ideas
2
34
64
14
45
41
3. full or quite full response 3 16
limited response 34 44
no clear ideas 63 40
3
34
63
16
44
40

Explanation Tasks

 

 1. clear explanation
some explanation
no clear explanation  
17
72
11

40
54
6

2. full or quite full response
limited response
no clear ideas

1
31
68
10
40
50

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Link Task 7
Approach: Team                                                                                                    Level: Year 4 only
Resources: Two electronic circuit boards
Task: To make minor changes in the wiring of the circuit board and evaluate the merits of two different signalling devices

% responses
y4

Task 1 completed without help

91

Task 2 completed without help

93

Ability to justify choice between two devices

 

 very high
quite high
moderate
low
3
16
64
17

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