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Questions/instructions: 2. Write your own diary entry. Write about something special that has happened to you recently. |
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%
responses |
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y4 |
y8
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Vividness and/or descriptiveness
of diary account: |
very good/excellent |
6 |
25 |
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good |
24 |
35 |
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moderately good |
40 |
32 |
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poor |
30 |
8 |
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Number of lines of text: (ignore day/dateline) |
more than 10 |
18 |
39 |
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6 to 10 |
43 |
45 |
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up to 5 |
39 |
16 |
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21 |
36 |
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Total
score: |
5–6 |
7 |
27 |
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4 |
13 |
22 |
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3 |
18 |
21 |
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2 |
24 |
17 |
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0–1 |
38 |
13 |
Subgroup Analysis: |
Year 4 |
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Year 8 |
Commentary: |
In general, girls performed substantially better than boys on this task but there were only minor differences in performance between Mäori, Pakeha and Pasifika students. |
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