28 NEMP Report 15: Maps, Tables and Graphs 1999

Approach: Level: Focus: Resources:

Birthdays

Station Year 4

Interpreting a pictograph.

Graph

Commentary:

Almost all year 4 students were successful in extracting single items of information from the graph. Where answers required relating two or more pieces of information, the success rate dropped markedly.

Questions/instructions:

Look at the Room 3 birthday graph.

1. How many children have birthdays in December? 3 97

2. Which month has the most birthdays? May 98

3. Which month has no birthdays? July 98

4. Which months have four birthdays? Feb, June, Sept 58

5. Which month has more birthdays for boys than girls? April 69

% responses year 4