mathematics

Chapter 4: Measurement 41
Link task 13
Approach: One to one
Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Calculating change.
Link task 14
Approach: One to one
Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Money computations.
% responses
y4 y8
Item: 1 52 88
2 40 84
3 37 83
4 18 73
5 39 81
6 16 67
Item: 1 54 78
2 30 76
Link task 17
Approach: Independent
Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Temperatures.
Link task 18
Approach: One to one
Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Estimating weights.
% responses
y4 y8
Item: 1 36 80
2 46 88
3 29 72
Item: 1 8 20
2 6 22
3 3 13
4 12 31
Link tasks 13 – 23
Link task 21
Approach: Independent
Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Assorted measurement items.
% responses
y4 y8
Item: 1 95 94
2 60 78
3 30 68
4 64 85
5 9 60
6 26 43
7 43 71
8 19 65
Link task 15
Approach: One to one
Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Calendar and date calculations.
Item: 1 37 71
2 23 46
3 17 59
4 21 64
5 20 56
6 17 54
Link task 19
Approach: Independent
Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Length.
Item: 1 47 82
2 47 82
3 47 82
4 47 82
Link task 22
Approach: Station
Level: Year 8
Focus: Discount computations.
Total score: 12–15 23
9–11 18
6–8 16
3–5 20
0–2 23
Link task 16
Approach: One to one
Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Clock times.
Total score: 12 6 43
10–11 18 35
8–9 20 12
6–7 29 9
4–5 21 1
0–3 6 0
Link task 20
Approach: Station
Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Money computations.
Item: 1 • 53
2 26 75
3 60 86
4 37 •
Link task 23
Approach: Independent
Level: Year 8
Focus: Adding weights.
Total score: 4 15
3 18
2 20
1 18
0 29