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| Focus: Investigating and describing how a hand puppet has been designed and assembled. | |||||||
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Questions
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Give the puppet to the student. Encourage them to have a good look at it and how it has been made, without suggesting any clues. Now I would like you to explain to me how somebody went about making this. Try to describe all of the things they would do — starting from before they actually began to make the puppet — then the things they did as they were making it. |
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%
responses 2000 ('96) |
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y4
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y8
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mentioned
conceiving idea/mental image |
13
(23) |
26
(35) |
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mentioned
developing or finding appropriate pattern |
13
(16) |
33
(37) |
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| Selection of materials |
mentioned
required materials: |
7 or more |
19
(10) |
36
(13) |
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4
– 6 |
65
(70) |
54
(57) |
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1
– 3 |
15
(19) |
9
(27) |
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did
not mention materials |
1
(1) |
1
(2) |
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discussed
important characteristics of materials; other than colour |
13
(10) |
28
(8) |
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| Preparing
components to fit design cutting, shaping, painting |
detailed
description: |
all
steps |
0
(0) |
3
(2) |
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some
steps |
9
(4) |
23
(7) |
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some
basic detail |
25
(24) |
35
(34) |
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vague
outline |
45
(52) |
33
(45) |
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other
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21
(20) |
6
(12) |
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| Joining components |
detailed
full description |
0
(0) |
4
(1) |
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covered
some steps, omitted others |
11
(10) |
30
(11) |
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some
basic detail |
28
(20) |
39
(39) |
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vague
outline |
49
(58) |
25
(45) |
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other
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12
(12) |
2
(4) |
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mentioned
hinging for mouth mechanism |
8
(14) |
18
(4) |
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Total
score: |
11
– 15 |
1
(1) |
11
(1) |
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8
– 10 |
12
(9) |
33
(17) |
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5
– 7 |
41
(46) |
39
(47) |
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0
– 4 |
46
(44) |
17
(35) |
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| Commentary:
About 30 percent more year 8 than year 4 students performed quite well on this task. Year 4 students performed similarly in 1996 and 2000, but about 25 percent more year 8 students performed quite well in 2000 than in 1996. |
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